Management of sea cucumber stocks: Patterns of vulnerability and recovery of sea cucumber stocks impacted by fishing

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-93

  Friedman, Kim ^a,b   Eriksson, Hampus ^c   Tardy, Emmanuel ^a   Pakoa, Kalo ^a  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

B che de mer; Fishing; Management; Recovery; Sea cucumber

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLEE EFFECT; ARTISANAL FISHERY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECHINODERM; FISHING MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; STOCK IDENTIFICATION; TIME SERIES; VULNERABILITY;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 79951525813     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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