Cross-border trade in Saratoga fingerlings from the Bensbach River, south-west Papua New Guinea

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 218-228

  Hitchcock, Garrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquarium and ornamental fish; Australia; New Guinea; Saratoga; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EXPLOITATION; FISH; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BENSBACH RIVER; EURASIA; INDONESIA; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WESTERN PROVINCE [PAPUA NEW GUINEA];

SCLEROPAGES JARDINII;

EID: 33748666257     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC060218     Document Type: Article

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