Assessing marine resource exploitation in Lofanga, Tonga: One case study - Two approaches

Human Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-207

  Kronen, Mecki ^a   Bender, Andrea ^b  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Commons; Cultural institutions; Fishing pressure; Marine resources; Sharing; Socio economics; Tonga

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; COASTAL FISHERY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EXPLOITATION; FISHING COMMUNITY; MARINE RESOURCE; OVERFISHING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

LOFANGA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TONGA;

EID: 33947592156     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-006-9084-3     Document Type: Article

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