Estimates of shark species composition and numbers associated with the shark fin trade based on Hong Kong auction data

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 35, Issue , 2005, Pages 453-465

  Clarke, Shelley C ^a   McAllister, Murdoch K ^a   Michielsens, Catherine G J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Modeling; Shark fin; Sharks; Trade

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; SHARK FISHERY; TRADE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 24744441887     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/j.v35.m488     Document Type: Article

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