Managing South Africa's trawl bycatch

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 405-412

  Walmsley, Sarah A ^a,c   Leslie, Rob W ^b   Sauer, Warwick H H ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Observer programme; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAWLING;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34447519955     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsl022     Document Type: Article

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