Probarbus jullieni and Probarbus labeamajor: The management and conservation of two of the largest fish species in the Mekong River in southern Laos

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 517-532

  Baird, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capture fisheries; Catch per unit effort; Cyprinid; Endangered species; Freshwater fisheries; Gill net

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; FISHERY; FRESHWATER; GILLNET; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG RIVER;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; PROBARBUS; PROBARBUS JULLIENI; PROBARBUS LABEAMAJOR;

EID: 33746570313     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.763     Document Type: Article

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