The management of artisanal fishing within the marine protected area of the Port-Cros National Park (northwest Mediterranean Sea): A success story?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Cadiou, Gwenaël ^a   Boudouresque, Charles F ^a,b   Bonhomme, Patrick ^a   Le Diréach, Laurence ^a  

^a GIS Posidonie   (France)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishing; Conservation; Management; Marine protected area; Northwest Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CONSERVATION STATUS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; MARINE PARK; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRAWLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HYERES ISLANDS; PORT CROS ISLAND; PORT CROS NATIONAL PARK; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VAR; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58549098899     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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