The artisanal fishery for Octopus cyanea Gray in Tanzania

Ambio

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 528-536

  Guard, Martin ^a   Mgaya, Yunus D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OVERFISHING;

TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS CYANEA;

EID: 0036990949     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-31.7.528     Document Type: Conference Paper

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18. Acknowledgement: The authors would like to acknowledge the invaluable work conducted by the data collection teams and the generous financial and logistical support provided by the Worldwide Fund for Nature, the Mafia Island Marine Park, The Eco-Region Fund, Irish Aid, IUCN Tanga Coastal Zone Conservation and Development Project and Sea Products Ltd. Particular thanks must go to Professor Peter Boyle from the University of Aberdeen for his supervision and Jason Rubens for his generous hospitality and valuable discussions regarding this study.