Near extinction of a highly fecund fish: The one that nearly got away

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-99

  Sadovy, Yvonne ^a   Cheung, Wai Lung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conservation; Croaker; Fecundity; Traditional knowledge; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONSERVATION; FECUNDITY; FISH; FISHING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VULNERABILITY;

PISCES; SCIAENIDAE;

EID: 0038236660     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-2979.2003.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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