Using fishers' anecdotes, naturalists' observations and grey literature to reassess marine species at risk: The case of the Gulf grouper in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-133

  Sáenz Arroyo, Andrea ^a,b   Roberts, Callum M ^b   Torre, Jorge ^a   Cariño Olvera, Micheline ^c  

^a Bahía de Bacochibampo ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fishery assessment; Historical ecology; Overfishing; Shifting base line syndrome

Indexed keywords

STOCK ASSESSMENT;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MYCTEROPERCA JORDANI; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 22044457596     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2005.00185.x     Document Type: Review

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