Key elements of fisheries management on Lake Victoria

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-254

  Van der Knaap, M ^a   Ntiba, M J ^a   Cowx, I G ^a  

^a IFMP   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Management; Nile perch; Overexploitation; Regulations

Indexed keywords

LATES NILOTICUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036747508     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980290031947     Document Type: Article

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