Poverty and the use of destructive fishing gear near east African marine protected areas

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-326

  Cinner, J E ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishery; Beach seine; Destructive fishing gears; Human environment; Marine protected area; Social ecological system; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERIES; ARTISANAL FISHERY; FISHING GEARS; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

BEACHES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; GEARS; INFORMATION USE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ARTISANAL FISHERY; CATCH COMPOSITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPLOITATION; FISHING COMMUNITY; FISHING GEAR; GEAR SELECTIVITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; JUVENILE; MARINE PARK; PERIURBAN AREA; POVERTY; PURSE SEINING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TROPICAL REGION;

EAST AFRICA;

EID: 77952362743     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892910000123     Document Type: Article

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