Management of inland open water fisheries resources of Bangladesh: Issues and options

Fisheries Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-284

  Hossain, Md Monir ^a,b   Islam, Md Aminul ^b   Ridgway, Stephen ^c   Matsuishi, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Fisheries Bangladesh ^*  (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Community based fisheries management; Fisheries policy; Inland fisheries; Resources degradation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; INLAND FISHERY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 32644465978     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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