Spatial distribution of effort by artisanal fishers: Exploring economic factors affecting the lobster fisheries of the Corn Islands, Nicaragua

Fisheries Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 17-25

  Daw, Tim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corn Islands; Fisheries economics; Fishers' knowledge; Fishing effort distribution; Palinurus argus

Indexed keywords

PALINURUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 40649120682     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.09.027     Document Type: Article

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