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MANAGEMENT BRIEF

Evaluating the Potential for a Sex-Balanced Harvest Approach in the Recreational Summer Flounder Fishery

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Pages 1231-1242 | Received 17 Mar 2017, Accepted 26 Jul 2017, Published online: 20 Oct 2017

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