The sharks of South East Asia - unknown, unmonitored and unmanaged

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-74

  Lam, Vivian Y Y ^a   Sadovy De Mitcheson, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anecdotes; Conservation; Fish market; Juvenile fish; Sharks; Threatened fish; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; COASTAL FISHERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEXUAL MATURITY; SHARK; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CETACEA; CETORHININAE; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHILOSCYLLIUM PLAGIOSUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS; SCOLIODON LATICAUDUS;

EID: 79951528366     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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