Challenges to sustainable management of the lakes of Malawi

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 3-14

  Jamu, Daniel ^a   Banda, Moses ^b   Njaya, Friday ^c   Hecky, Robert E ^d  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b Malawi Fisheries Research Institute   (Malawi)

^c Department of Fisheries ^*  (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Livelihoods; Malawi lakes; Resilience

Indexed keywords

BREEDING HABITATS; ECOLOGICAL FACTORS; EXTERNAL FACTORS; FISH PRODUCTION; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PLANS; FISHERIES POLICY; FISHERY RESOURCES; HIGH RATE; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; LIVELIHOODS; MALAWI LAKES; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; OVEREXPLOITATION; POLICY MAKERS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESILIENCE; SHALLOW LAKES; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE YIELDS; TECHNICAL REGULATION; TOPDOWN;

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

FISHERIES;

BREEDING SITE; CYPRINID; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION GROWTH; SHALLOW WATER; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WATER QUALITY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI;

CYPRINIDAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 79952695965     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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