Resource degradation of the sea cucumber fishery in Zanzibar, Tanzania: A need for management reform

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-398

  Hampus Eriksson, B ^a   De La Torre Castro, Maricela ^a,b   Eklöf, Johan ^a   Jiddawi, Narriman ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

B che de mer; Echinoderms; Fisheries; Holothurians; Overfishing; Trepang; Western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CENSUS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DATA ACQUISITION; ECHINODERM FISHERY; FISHERY REGULATION; OVERFISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REEF;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 79551716403     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2011002     Document Type: Article

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