Local knowledge assessment for a small-scale fishery using geographic information systems

Fisheries Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-22

  Hall, G Brent ^a   Close, C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; GIS; High pressure zones; Local knowledge; Species likelihood

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GASTROPOD; GIS; LOBSTER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS;

PALINURIDAE; STROMBUS GIGAS;

EID: 33751529715     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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