Using community members to assess artisanal fisheries: The marine turtle fishery in Madagascar

Animal Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-185

  Humber, F ^a,b   Godley, B J ^b   Ramahery, V ^a,c   Broderick, A C ^b  

^a BLUE VENTURES CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c WWF Antenne régionale Toliara ^*  (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Community based monitoring; Eretmochelys imbricata; Lepidochelys olivacea; Small scale fisheries

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARTISANAL FISHERY; CATCH COMPOSITION; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MONITORING SYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MADAGASCAR;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951793536     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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