Rights and conflicts in the management of fisheries in the Lower Songkhram River Basin, Northeast Thailand

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 557-570

  Khumsri, Malasri ^a,b   Ruddle, Kenneth ^c   Shivakoti, Ganesh P ^b  

^a Ubon Ratchathani Inland Fisheries Research and Development Center   (Thailand)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrage fishing; Fisheries management; Fisheries policy; Inland fisheries; Local institutions; Property rights

Indexed keywords

BARRAGE FISHING; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; FISHERIES POLICY; INLAND FISHERIES; LOCAL INSTITUTIONS; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

DAMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; WATERSHEDS;

FISHERIES;

BARRAGE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; INLAND FISHERY; SEASONALITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; GEOGRAPHY; OWNERSHIP; RIVERS; THAILAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTHEASTERN REGION; SONGKHRAM BASIN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 62549129526     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9203-6     Document Type: Article

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