Length at maturity and gillnet selectivity of Lake Tana's Barbus species (Ethiopia): Implications for management and conservation

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-336

  De Graaf, M ^a   Machiels, M ^a   Wudneh, T ^a,b   Sibbing, F A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Cyprinidae; Recruitment overfishing; Reproductive segregation; Species flock; Sustainable fisheries

Indexed keywords

BARBUS; BARBUS BREVICEPHALUS; BARBUS CRASSIBARBIS; CYPRINIDAE; TANA;

EID: 0142091628     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980301485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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