Application of traditional ecological knowledge in the management and sustainability of fisheries in East Africa: A long-neglected strategy?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 537, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Mathooko, Jude Mutuku ^a  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aquatic resources; Co management; Complementarity; Conservation; Lacustrine communities; Technology

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; NATURAL RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; TOTEMS; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE (TEK);

FISHERIES;

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 20044396204     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-2788-8     Document Type: Review

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