Integrating recreational fisheries data into stock assessment: Implications for model performance and subsequent harvest strategies

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 197-212

  Griffiths, S P ^a   Fay, G ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Blue eye trevalla; Resource allocation; Simulation modelling; Sport fishing; Striped marlin

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPORT FISHING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA;

HYPEROGLYPHE ANTARCTICA; NEMOPHILA; PSEUDOMUGILIDAE; TETRAPTURUS AUDAX;

EID: 84929247256     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fme.12117     Document Type: Article

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