Fishers' perceptions as indicators of the performance of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 414-422

  Leleu, Kevin ^a,b,c   Alban, Frédérique ^d   Pelletier, Dominique ^a   Charbonnel, Eric ^c   Letourneur, Yves ^e   Boudouresque, Charles F ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^c Groupe d'Etude du Mérou   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishery; Fishers' perceptions; MPA performance; No take zone; Social acceptance

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHING COMMUNITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLICY; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROTECTED AREA;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 80052038260     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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