Assessment of recreational boat-angling in a large estuarine embayment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 411-422

  Everett, B I ^a   Fennessy, S T ^a  

^a OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Harbour; Line fishing; Recreation; Richards Bay

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTUARIES; FISHERIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANGLING; BOATING; CATCH COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISHING EFFORT; HARBOR; PERCID; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; RICHARDS BAY HARBOUR; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; CONGER; EPINEPHELUS ANDERSONI; MURAENESOX BAGIO; POMADASYS COMMERSONNII; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX; RHABDOSARGUS SARBA; TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII;

EID: 39749172029     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2007.29.3.9.339     Document Type: Article

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