Restoring small-scale fisheries for tropical sea cucumbers

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 51, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 589-593

  Bell, Johann D ^a   Purcell, Steven W ^b   Nash, Warwick J ^b  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; TROPICS;

ACTIVE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; POPULATION DENSITIES; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL MATURITY; SMALL ENTERPRISE; SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES; WILD INDIVIDUALS;

FISHERIES;

ALLEE EFFECT; BIOMASS; ECHINODERM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HATCHERY; MORTALITY; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DENSITY; REARING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WILD POPULATION;

HOLOTHUROIDEA; PENNATULACEA;

EID: 49349110484     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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