Preliminary evaluation of the costs and benefits of prawn stocking to enhance recreational fisheries in recruitment limited estuaries

Fisheries Research

Volumn 186, Issue , 2017, Pages 478-487

  Taylor, Matthew D ^a,b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Fisheries; Penaeidae; Recreational fisheries; Sea ranching; Stock enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006042978     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2016.05.030     Document Type: Article

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