Folk management and local knowledge: Lobster fishing and tourism at caye caulker, belize

Coastal Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 455-469

  King, Thomas D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Comanagement; Folk management; Lobster fishing; Local knowledge

Indexed keywords

LOBSTER; MARTES;

AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERIES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

COMANAGEMENT; FOLK MANAGEMENT; LOBSTER FISHING; TOURISM;

COASTAL ZONES;

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LOBSTER FISHERY; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

BELIZE, CAYE CAULKER;

EID: 0031251713     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920759709362337     Document Type: Article

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