Potential yield estimates of unexploited pelagic fish stocks in Lake Malawi

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-48

  Thompson, A B ^a   Allison, E H ^b  

^a DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Engraulicypris sardella; Malawi; Pelagic; Virgin fishery; Yield

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; ENGRAULICYPRIS; ENGRAULICYPRIS SARDELLA;

BIOMASS; CATFISH; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE YIELD;

AFRICA, LAKE MALAWI;

EID: 0031404595     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.1997.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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