Serial exploitation of global sea cucumber fisheries

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-339

  Anderson, Sean C ^a   Flemming, Joanna Mills ^a   Watson, Reg ^b   Lotze, Heike K ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

B che de mer; Echinoderms; Global market; Invertebrate fisheries; Overfishing; Spatial expansion

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; DECADAL VARIATION; ECHINODERM; GLOBAL ECONOMY; HARVESTING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA;

ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79961014010     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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