Historical perspectives and recent trends in the coastal Mozambican fishery

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Blythe, Jessica L ^a   Murray, Grant ^b   Flaherty, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Fishers' knowledge; Marine environmental history; Mozambique; Small scale fisheries

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84891877244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05759-180465     Document Type: Article

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