Is the Cape Roux marine protected area (Saint-Raphaël, Mediterranean Sea) an efficient tool to sustain artisanal fisheries? First indications from visual censuses and trammel net sampling

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-305

  Seytre, Catherine ^a   Francour, Patrice ^a  

^a Laboratoire Environnement Marin Littoral   (France)

Author keywords

Fish diversity; Marine protected area; Mediterranean Sea; Small scale fishery; Underwater visual census methods

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTISANAL FISHERY; EXPLOITATION; MARINE PARK; OVERFISHING; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CAPE ROUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VAR; WESTERN EUROPE;

PISCES;

EID: 53749095825     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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