The Lessonia nigrescens fishery in northern Chile: "how you harvest is more important than how much you harvest"

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 417-426

  Vásquez, Julio A ^a,b   Piaget, Nicole ^a   Vega, J M Alonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA)   (Chile)

Author keywords

Administrative policies; Conservation; Harvesting; Intertidal; Kelp fishery; Management; Natural populations

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; LAMINARIALES; LESSONIA (STRAMENOPILES); LESSONIA NIGRESCENS; LESSONIA TRABECULATA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 84861752080     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-012-9794-4     Document Type: Article

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