Exploiting marine wildlife in Queensland: The commercial dugong and marine turtle fisheries, 1847-1969

Australian Economic History Review

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-265

  Daley, Ben ^a   Griggs, Peter ^a   Marsh, Helene ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Commercial fisheries; Dugongs; Great Barrier Reef; Marine turtles

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349141225     PISSN: 00048992     EISSN: 14678446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2008.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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