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A Bioeconomic Model of the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery
Author(s) -
Grant W. E.,
Griffin W. L.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1979)108<1:abmotg>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - shrimp , fishery , bay , penaeus , submarine pipeline , seasonality , environmental science , oceanography , biology , geography , ecology , geology
A bioeconomic model of the brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) fishery in Galveston Bay, Texas and adjacent offshore waters accurately predicts the general trends in the seasonality of shrimp harvest and the distribution of the harvest in relation to size of shrimp and water depth.