Spearfishing regulation benefits artisanal fisheries: The ReGS indicator and its application to a multiple-use Mediterranean marine protected area

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Rocklin, Delphine ^a,b   Tomasini, Jean Antoine ^a   Culioli, Jean Michel ^c   Pelletier, Dominique ^b   Mouillot, David ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c Office de l'Environnement de la Corse   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT QUALITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; RECREATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RECREATION;

EID: 80053108074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023820     Document Type: Article

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