Management performance of ecological indicators in the Georges Bank finfish fishery

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1285-1296

  Fay, Gavin ^a,b   Link, Jason S ^a   Large, Scott I ^a   Gamble, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

biological reference points; ecosystem approach to fisheries; Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management; harvest control rules; Management Strategy Evaluation; MS PROD; Northwest Atlantic; simulation testing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FINFISH; FISHERY REGULATION; HARVESTING; MARICULTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); GEORGES BANK;

EID: 84930813209     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu214     Document Type: Article

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