Impacts of climate variability on the tuna economy of Seychelles

Climate Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 149-162

  Robinson, Jan ^a   Guillotreau, Patrice ^b,c   Jiménez Toribio, Ramón ^d   Lantz, Frédéric ^e   Nadzon, Lesya ^c,e   Dorizo, Juliette ^a   Gerry, Calvin ^a   Marsac, Francis ^b  

^a Seychelles Fishing Authority   (Seychelles)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^e IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Climate variability; ENSO; Seychelles economy; Tuna fisheries

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COINTEGRATION; DEVELOPED ECONOMIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EFFECT; ENSO; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; INDIAN OCEAN; LOCAL ECONOMY; MULTIVARIATE PATTERNS; OSCILLATION INDEX; SEYCHELLES ECONOMY; SMALL ISLAND; SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS; TIME SERIES MODELS; TRANSHIPMENT; TUNA FISHERIES;

CARGO HANDLING; ECONOMICS; FISHERIES; LANDING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARGO HANDLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TIME SERIES; TUNA FISHERY;

SEYCHELLES;

SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 78649828925     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00890     Document Type: Article

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