Restocking the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra: Sizing no-take zones through individual-based movement modelling

Fisheries Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-61

  Purcell, Steven W ^a   Kirby, David S ^a  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Fisheries management; Invertebrate; Marine protected areas; Stock enhancement

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ECHINODERM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; JUVENILE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT; STOCK ENHANCEMENT;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHURIA SCABRA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33744966827     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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