Inland capture fisheries

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1554, 2010, Pages 2881-2896

  Welcomme, Robin L ^a   Cowx, Ian G ^b   Coates, David ^c   Béné, Christophe ^d   Funge Smith, Simon ^e   Halls, Ashley ^f   Lorenzen, Kai ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity   (Canada)

^d WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^e FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

^f Aquae Sulis Limited (ASL)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catch trends; Drivers; Inland fisheries; Lakes; Rivers; Social and economic issues

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; FOOD PRODUCTION; INLAND FISHERY; LAKE; LAND USE PLANNING; OVERFISHING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RIVER SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEMAND; YIELD RESPONSE;

AFRICA; ASIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 77957320755     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0168     Document Type: Review

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