Movements of undersized spotted grunter (Pomadasys commersonnii) in the Great Fish Estuary, South Africa: Implications for fisheries management

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 582, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-34

  Næsje, Tor F ^a   Childs, Amber Robyn ^b   Cowley, Paul D ^c   Potts, Warren M ^c   Thorstad, Eva B ^a   Økland, Finn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Area use; Catch; Fisher distribution; Fisheries management; Movement behavior; Pomadasys commersonnii

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; FISHERIES;

AREA USE; FISHER DISTRIBUTION; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; MOVEMENT BEHAVIOR; POMADASYS COMMERSONNII;

FISH;

CATCH STATISTICS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY SURVEY; FISHING EFFORT; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TAGGING;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; GREAT FISH ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

POMADASYS COMMERSONNII;

EID: 33947653123     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0563-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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