The voice of the fishermen of the Gulf of Honduras: Improving regional fisheries management through fisher participation

Fisheries Research

Volumn 125-126, Issue , 2012, Pages 129-148

  Heyman, William D ^a,c   Granados Dieseldorff, Pablo ^b,c  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b Fundacion para la Conservacion del Medio Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales Mario Dary (FUNDARY)   (Guatemala)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Ecosystem based fisheries management; Fishers' knowledge; Fishing geography; Small scale fisheries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858973889     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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