Use of traditional practices and knowledge in monitoring a lake malaŵi artisanal fishery

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 982-988

  Smith, Lance W ^a,b  

^a Lake Malawi National Park   (Malawi)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERY; FISHING; IDENTIFICATION; LAKE; MALAWI; MEASUREMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ARTISANAL FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

LAKE MALAWI; MALAWI;

BAGRUS MERIDIONALIS; COPADICHROMIS BORLEYI; COPADICHROMIS CHRYSONOTUS; COPADICHROMIS CONOPHOROS; COPADICHROMIS VIRGINALIS; ENGRAULICYPRIS SARDELLA; OPSARIDIUM MICROCEPHALUM; OREOCHROMIS;

EID: 0032418515     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1998)018<0982:UOTPAK>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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