Are the fisheries in the Tagus estuary sustainable?

Fisheries Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-251

  Baeta, Filipa ^a   Pinheiro, Ana ^a   Corte Real, Madalena ^a   Costa, José Lino ^a   De Almeida, Pedro Raposo ^a   Cabral, Henrique ^a   Costa, Maria José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fisheries; RAPFISH; Sustainability; Tagus estuary

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD FISHERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISHERY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY; WORLD;

CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPUS;

EID: 24944480754     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.06.012     Document Type: Article

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