The Western Rock Lobster Fishery in Western Australia

Fisheries Management: Progress Towards Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 231-252

  Phillips, Bruce F ^a   Melville Smith, Roy ^b   Caputi, Nick ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Fishing efficiency; Panulirus cygnus; Sustainability; Western rock lobster fishery

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349195050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996072.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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