How do seaweed farms influence local fishery catches in a seagrass-dominated setting in Chwaka Bay, Zanzibar?

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-147

  Eklöfa, Johan S ^a   De La Torre Castro, Maricela ^a   Nilsson, Camilla ^a   Rönnbäck, Patrik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Artisanal fisheries; Fish trap catches; Indian Ocean; Meadows; Rhodophyta; Seagrass loss; Seaweed farming

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CATCH COMPOSITION; CATCHABILITY; FISHING; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEAWEED CULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; CHWAKA BAY; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND; ZANZIBAR SOUTH AND CENTRAL;

ALGAE; CHEILINUS CHLOROURUS; CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; EUCHEUMA DENTICULATUM; INVERTEBRATA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SIGANUS SUTOR;

EID: 33745494324     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2006013     Document Type: Article

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