An assessment of the marine turtle fishery in Grenada, West Indies

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Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 330-336

  Grazette, S ^a   Horrocks, J A ^a   Phillip, Paul E ^b   Isaac, Crafton J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Lands Forestry and Fisheries   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Eretmochelys imbricata; Fishery; Green turtle; Grenada; Hawksbill turtle; Loggerhead turtle

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; CATCH STATISTICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHING COMMUNITY; FISHING GEAR; POPULATION DECLINE; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GRENADA [WINDWARD ISLANDS]; LESSER ANTILLES; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 35349007629     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307000613     Document Type: Article

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