Small-scale fishing: Perceptions and threats to conserving a livelihood in the province of Phang-nga, Thailand

EnvironmentAsia

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Jones, Estelle Victoria ^b   Gray, Timothy Stuart ^a   Umponstira, Chanin ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Perceptions; Small scale fishing; Thailand; Threats

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; FISHING INDUSTRY; PERCEPTION; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHANGNGA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 71949093227     PISSN: 19061714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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