Management of the precious coral fishery in Taiwan: Progress and perspectives

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 623-629

  Chen, Chih Shin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corallium spp.; Fisheries management; Northwest Pacific; Precious corals; Red coral

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; COLONY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING GEAR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CORALLIUM;

EID: 82055172823     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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