Catch composition and conservation management of a human-dolphin cooperative cast-net fishery in the Ayeyarwady River, Myanmar

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1042-1049

  Smith, Brian D ^a   Tun, Mya Than ^b   Chit, Aung Myo ^a   Win, Han ^b   Moe, Thida ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Myanmar Department of Fisheries   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fish catch; Fisheries management; Irrawaddy dolphin; Mutualism; Orcaella brevirostris

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; DOLPHIN; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MUTUALISM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VALUATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRRAWADDY RIVER; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CRUSTACEA; ORCAELLA BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 62349101833     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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