U.S. caribbean fish trap fishery socioeconomic study

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-331

  Agar, J J ^a,b   Waters, J R ^c   Valdes Pizzini M ^d   Shivlani, M ^b   Murray, T ^e   Kirkley, J E ^e   Suman, D ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CORAL REEF; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; HABITAT; HETEROGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INVESTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; SAINT THOMAS; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 47249138224     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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