Why do fishers fish where they fish? Using the ideal free distribution to understand the behaviour of artisanal reef fishers

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1595-1604

  Abernethy, Kirsten E ^a   Allison, Edward H ^b,c   Molloy, Philip P ^d   Côté, Isabelle M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; CORAL REEF; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; FISHING COMMUNITY; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 38149077222     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-125     Document Type: Article

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