A cautious fisheries management policy in South Africa: The fisheries for rock lobster

Marine Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 587-600

  Cockcroft, Andrew C ^a   Payne, Andrew I L ^a  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Precautionary principle; Rock lobster

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LOBSTER FISHERY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY STRATEGY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

LOBSTER; PALINURIDAE; SPINY;

EID: 0033231159     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-597X(98)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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