Reconstruction of coral reef fisheries catches in American Samoa, 1950-2002

Coral Reefs

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 144-152

  Zeller, Dirk ^a   Booth, Shawn ^a   Craig, Peter ^b   Pauly, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b National Park of American Samoa   (American Samoa)

Author keywords

Artisanal fisheries; Coral reef fisheries; Data reconstruction; Fisheries catches; Small scale fisheries; Subsistence fisheries

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; FISHERY POLICY;

AMERICAN SAMOA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33644631858     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-005-0067-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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