Assessment of catch, effort and species changes in the pair-trawl fishery of southern Lake Malawi, Malawi, Africa

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 395-402

  Weyl, Olaf L F ^a   Nyasulu, T E ^b   Rusuwa, B ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Fisheries Research Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishery; Catch per unit effort; Lake Malawi; Management policy; Pair trawl

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; CATCH COMPOSITION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE;

EID: 33745216436     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2005.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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