Fisheries Assessment and Management Synthesis: Lessons for Chesapeake Bay

Authors

William A. Richkus
Steven J. Nelson
Herbert M. Austin, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Files

Document Type

Book Chapter

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Editors

Chesapeake Bay Program Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee

Publication Date

1992

Book Title

Perspectives on Chesapeake Bay, 1992: Advances in Estuarine Sciences

Publisher

Chesapeake Research Consortium

Series

CRC Publication No. 143

Abstract

Describes the basic approaches that are used for stock assessment of the fish and shellfish stocks of the Chesapeake Bay system. The authors summarize the principal methods of stock assessment and fisheries management that have been and are being-applied to Bay fisheries, with particular emphasis on data collection and the use of models. Three case studies of critical species are presented - the striped bass, the blue crab and the Eastern oyster.

Recommended Citation

Richkus, William A.; Nelson, Steven J.; and Austin, Herbert M., "Fisheries Assessment and Management Synthesis: Lessons for Chesapeake Bay" (1992). VIMS Books and Book Chapters. 169.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsbooks/169