Socio-economic features of sea cucumber fisheries in southern coast of Kenya

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 192-202

  Ochiewo, Jacob ^a   de la Torre Castro, Maricela ^b   Muthama, Charles ^a   Munyi, Fridah ^a   Nthuta, J M ^a  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; ECONOMIC VALUES; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MARINE PRODUCTS; NORTHEAST MONSOON; SCUBA DIVING; SEA CUCUMBER; SECOND LEVEL; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIO-ECONOMICS;

FISHERIES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MANAGEMENT; PROFITABILITY;

SEAWATER;

CEPHALOPOD; DIET; EXPLOITATION; FISHING COMMUNITY; FISHING GEAR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

KENYA;

HOLOTHUROIDEA; OCTOPUS; VANGA;

EID: 77952104566     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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