Comparing Fisher Interviews, Logbooks, and Catch Landings Estimates of Extraction Rates in a Small-Scale Fishery

Coastal Management

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 594-611

  O'Donnell, Kerrie P ^a   Molloy, Philip P ^a   Vincent, Amanda C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

abundance trend; catch rate; data poor fisheries; local ecological knowledge; quantitative assessment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE TREND; CATCH RATE; DATA-SOURCES; EXTRACTION RATE; FISH CATCH; LOCAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; PHILIPPINES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES; TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCHES; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ESTIMATION; FISH; FISHERIES; LANDING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCH STATISTICS; FISHING INDUSTRY; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84868265819     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2012.727734     Document Type: Article

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