Investigating the consequences of marine protected areas for the South African deep-water hake (Merluccius paradoxus) resource

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-81

  Edwards, Charles T T ^a   Rademeyer, Rébecca A ^a   Butterworth, Doug S ^a   Plagányi, Éva E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hake; Marine protected areas; South Africa; Spatial model; Trawl

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GADOID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAWLING; YIELD RESPONSE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MERLUCCIUS PARADOXUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 58549095652     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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