Formulation of management strategies for two exploited West African prawn populations

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 301-309

  Enin, U I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Estuary; Exploitation; Life history; Management; Nigeria; Prawns

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM MACROBRACHION; METAPENAEUS BENNETTAE; NEMATOPALAEMON HASTATUS; DECAPODA;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LIFE HISTORY; SHRIMP FISHERIES; SHRIMP FISHERY;

NIGERIA, CROSS ESTUARY;

EID: 0030856240     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.1997.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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