Decision-making processes by small-scale fishermen on the southeast coast of Brazil

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 400-410

  Lopes, P F M ^a,b   Begossi, A ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b Fisheries and Food Institute   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artisanal fisheries; Fishing strategies; Human ecology; Open access; Trawlers

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CRUSTACEAN; DECISION MAKING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GILLNET; TRAWLING;

BRAZIL;

CYNOSCION JAMAICENSIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); XIPHOPENAEUS KROYERI;

EID: 80052664430     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2011.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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