Movement of American lobster in the southwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence - Homarus americanus

Fishery Bulletin, April, 2002 by Michel Comeau, Fernand Savoie

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank all fishermen from the southwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence who returned lobster tags. We also want to thank Bruno Comeau, Daniel Ferron, Marc Lanteigne, Wade Landsburg, Manon Mallet, Pierre Mallet, Donald R. Maynard, Gilles Paulin and Guy Robichaud for their technical assistance in the field and during tag collection. We especially thank J. Mark Hanson, Marc Lanteigne, and David Robichaud for critically reviewing the manuscript and three anonymous reviews for thoughtful suggestions that improved the quality of this manuscript.

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