Towards sustainable exploitation of Nile perch consequential to regulated fisheries in Lake Victoria

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-457

  Mkumbo, Oliva C ^a   Nsinda, P ^b   Ezekiel, Charles N ^b   Cowx, Ian G ^c   Aeron, Mark ^d  

^a IFMP   (Uganda)

^b TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d MRAG IFMP LVFO   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Fisheries independent and dependent data; Fishing effort and co management; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

LATES NILOTICUS;

EID: 36549065713     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980701708057     Document Type: Article

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