Reducing bycatch in coral reef trap fisheries: Escape gaps as a step towards sustainability

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 415, Issue , 2010, Pages 201-209

  Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Artisanal fisheries; Bycatch; Caribbean; Coral reef fisheries; Escape gaps; Fish traps; Gear based fisheries management; Parrotfish

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; BYCATCH; CORAL REEF; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GEAR SELECTIVITY; MARKET SYSTEM; PERCIFORM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAP FISHING;

CURACAO; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

ACANTHURIDAE; ANTHOZOA; CHAETODONTIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; SCARIDAE; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 77958062316     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08762     Document Type: Article

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