Fisher knowledge as expert system: A case from the longline fishery of Grenada, the Eastern Caribbean

Fisheries Research

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-170

  Grant, Sandra ^a   Berkes, Fikret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Caribbean; Expert system; Fisher knowledge; Grenada; Learning; Longline fishing; Pelagic fish

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847050231     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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