An assessment of participation, catch and effort in the KwaZulu-Natal shore-based marine linefishery, with comments on management effectiveness

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 479-496

  Dunlop, S W ^a,b   Mann, B Q ^a  

^a OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

catch composition; catch per unit effort; fisher participation; fishing effort; linefish; questionnaire survey; roving creel survey; shore angling

Indexed keywords

ANGLING; CATCH COMPOSITION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISH CULTURE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARICULTURE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ARGYROSOMUS JAPONICUS; DIPLODUS; POMADASYS OLIVACEUS; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX; RHABDOSARGUS HOLUBI; SARPA SALPA;

EID: 84871263947     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2012.725526     Document Type: Article

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