Estimating angling effort and participation in a multi-user, inland fishery in South Africa

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-27

  Ellender, B R ^a   Weyl, O L F ^b   Winker, H ^a   Stelzhammer, H ^a   Traas, G R L ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lake Gariep; Mark recapture; Recreational; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

ANGLING; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INLAND FISHERY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SUBSISTENCE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 73949100675     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2009.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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