Salmon by numbers: Quantification and understandings of nature

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-203

  Bear, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal geographies; Knowledge; Quantification; Salmon management; Scotland

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; SALMONID;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846233400     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: 1751665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00369220618737265     Document Type: Article

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