Sri Lankan reservoir fishery: A case for introduction of a co-management strategy

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 387-400

  Amarasinghe, U S ^a   De Silva, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artisanal fisheries; Co management; Inland fisheries; Open access; Reservoirs; Socio economics

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OVERFISHING; RESERVOIR;

SRI LANKA;

CICHLIDAE; CLUPEIFORMES;

EID: 0032704407     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.1999.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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