An assessment of the purse-seine (winch-net) fishery in Lake Volta, Ghana

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-197

  Ofori Danson, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Growth; Lake volta; Mortality; Parameter; Yield per recruit

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; FISHING GEAR; GROWTH; HARVESTING; PURSE SEINING; SPECIES INVENTORY;

AFRICA; GHANA; LAKE VOLTA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CHRYSICHTHYS AURATUS; CHRYSICHTHYS NIGRODIGITATUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES; SCHILBE INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 33745251024     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2005.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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