Folk management among Belizean lobster fishermen: Success and resilience or decline and depletion?

Human Organization

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 418-426

  King, Thomas D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Fishing cooperatives; Folk management; Local management; Tourism; Belize

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING COOPERATIVE; FOLK MANAGEMENT; LOBSTER FISHERY; TENURE PATTERN; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL PRACTICE;

BELIZE, CAYE CAULKER;

EID: 0031394398     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.56.4.m2q21j0351885qp6     Document Type: Article

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