The graceful sigmoid: Johan Hjort's contribution to the theory of rational fishing

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2008-2011

  Holt, Sidney J ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cod; growth overfishing; herring; maximum sustainable yield; Michael Graham; optimum yield; recruitment overfishing; size and age composition; surplus production model; whaling

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLUPEOID; DEMERSAL FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; FISHERY SCIENCE; GADOID; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERFISHING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SIZE STRUCTURE; WHALING;

CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 84911127360     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu152     Document Type: Review

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