A geographic information system for fisheries management in American Samoa

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1025-1041

  Riolo, Francesca ^a  

^a Dept of Mar and Wildlife Resources   (American Samoa)

Author keywords

American Samoa; Fishery management; Geographic information system; Pacific ocean; Spatial analysis; Tuna

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FISHERIES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

AMERICAN SAMOA; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TUNA;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DATA QUALITY; GIS; SATELLITE; TUNA FISHERY;

AMERICAN SAMOA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 33646121754     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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