Data and time poverty in fisheries estimation: Potential approaches and solutions

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 186-193

  Bentley, Nokome ^a  

^a Trophia Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

data poor; estimation; stock assessment

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84912071269     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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