A decade of illegal fishing in Table Mountain National Park (2000-2009): trends in the illicit harvest of abalone Haliotis midae and West Coast rock lobster Jasus lalandii

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 491-500

  Brill, G C ^a   Raemaekers, S J P N ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

confiscations; IUU fishing; marine protected area (MPA); poaching

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; HARVESTING; MARINE PARK; NATIONAL PARK; POACHING; SNAIL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AFRICA; TABLE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84891302882     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2013.850443     Document Type: Article

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