Comparative study of the fish and fisheries of three coastal lagoons in west Africa

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 371-382

  Koranteng, K A ^a   Ofori Danson, P K ^b   Entsua Mensah, M ^b  

^a Marine Fisheries Research Division   (Ghana)

^b CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Ghana; Management; Over fishing; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LAGOON;

GHANA;

CALLINECTES LATIMANUS; CARDIOSOMA ARMATUM; CLARIAS SENEGALENSIS; DECAPODA; LIZA FALCIPINNIS; MUGIL CEPHALUS; SAROTHERODON MELANOTHERON; TILAPIA ZILLII;

EID: 0032323080     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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