Fisheries mismanagement in a Natura 2000 area in western Greece

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-38

  Gonzalvo, J ^a   Moutopoulos, D K ^b   Bearzi, G ^a   Stergiou, K I ^c  

^a Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomass removal; Fishery management; Ionian Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Overfishing

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMON FISHERIES POLICY; DEMERSAL FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING VESSEL; OVERFISHING; PURSE SEINING; TRAWLING;

GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 78650994019     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2010.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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