Rapid shifts in catch composition in the artisanal Red Sea reef fisheries of Eritrea

Fisheries Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-68

  Tsehaye, Iyob ^a,b   Machiels, Marcel A M ^a   Nagelkerke, Leopold A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

Author keywords

Catch composition; Catch effort data recording system; Eritrea; Fishing effort; Reef fisheries; Trends

Indexed keywords

CARANGIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; LETHRINIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; SPHYRAENIDAE;

EID: 34250878922     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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