Investigations into a potential directed fishery for Labeo cylindricus on Lake Chicamba, Mozambique

African Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-90

  Booth, Anthony J ^a   Weyl, Olaf L F ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dynamic pool; Monte Carlo simulations; Spawner biomass per recruit; Target reference points; Yield per recruit

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; CYPRINID; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FISHING INDUSTRY; GILLNET; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA; LAKE CHICAMBA; MANICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CYPRINIDAE; LABEO; MANICA;

EID: 3242740096     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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