The Galápagos sea cucumber fishery: Management improves as stocks decline

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-110

  Shepherd, S A ^a,b   Martinez, P ^a,c   Toral Granda, M V ^a   Edgar, G J ^a,d  

^a CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beche de mer fishery; Co management; Fishery conflict; Fishery indicators; Overfishing; Precautionary approach; Sea cucumber fishery; Stichopus fuscus

Indexed keywords

ISLANDS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; FISHERIES; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COMANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY REGULATION; OVERFISHING; QUOTA SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NONHUMAN; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WILDLIFE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; MARTES; MARTES PENNANTI; STICHOPUS; STICHOPUS FUSCUS;

EID: 4043076276     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892903001188     Document Type: Article

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