Gear-based management of a tropical artisanal fishery based on species selectivity and capture size

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-60

  McClanahan, Tim R ^a   Mangi, S C ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Kenyatta Beach Bamuri   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishing; Coral reefs; Gear selectivity; Kenya; Multi species fishery; Nets; Seagrass; Traps

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; SIZE SELECTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANTHOZOA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 1542289910     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2004.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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