The Rise and Fall (Again) of the Porbeagle Shark Population in the Northwest Atlantic

Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 445-461

  Campana, Steven E ^a   Joyce, Warren ^a   Marks, Linda ^a   Hurley, Peter ^a   Natanson, Lisa J ^b   Kohler, Nancy E ^b   Jensen, Christopher F ^b   Mello, Joseph J ^b   Pratt, Harold L ^b   Myklevoll, Sigmund ^c   Harley, Shelton ^d  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lamna nasus; Overfishing; Population dynamics; Porbeagle; Stock abundance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947714046     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302516.ch35     Document Type: Chapter

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