Refining and applying a maximum-count aerial-access survey design to estimate the harvest taken from new zealand's largest recreational fishery

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1197-1210

  Hartill, Bruce W ^a   Watson, Tim G ^b   Bian, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b ICS Consulting   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84989875573     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2011.646454     Document Type: Article

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