Exploring optimal fishing scenarios for the multispecies artisanal fisheries of Eritrea using a trophic model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 319-333

  Tsehaye, Iyob ^a,b   Nagelkerke, Leopold A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

Author keywords

Data limited; Ecopath; Ecosim; Eritrea; Multispecies fisheries; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD PRODUCTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ECOPATH; ERITREA; MULTISPECIES FISHERIES; RED SEA;

FISHERIES;

ABUNDANCE; ARTISANAL FISHERY; ENERGY FLOW; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; MULTISPECIES FISHERY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REEF; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC LEVEL; YIELD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; RED SEA [SUDAN]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 39649112869     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.044     Document Type: Article

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