Spearfishing to depletion: Evidence from temperate reef fishes in Chile

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1504-1511

  Godoy, Natalio ^a   Gelcich, Stefan ^a   Vasquez, Julio A ^b   Castilla, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diving; Fishers; Human dimensions; Perceptions; Policy; Recreational and artisanal; Shifting baselines; Speargun fishing

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARNIVORE; CATCH COMPOSITION; DIVING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PERCEPTION; PERCIFORM; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DECLINE; REEF; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; FISHERY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CHILE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; OCEANS AND SEAS;

CHILE;

GRAUS NIGRA; MEDIALUNA ANCIETAE; PISCES; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA; SEMICOSSYPHUS DARWINI;

EID: 77956444151     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1806.1     Document Type: Article

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