Positive catch & economic benefits of periodic octopus fishery closures: Do effective, narrowly targeted actions 'catalyze' broader management?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Oliver, Thomas A ^a,b   Oleson, Kirsten L L ^a,b   Ratsimbazafy, Hajanaina ^a   Raberinary, Daniel ^a   Benbow, Sophie ^a   Harris, Alasdair ^a,c  

^a BLUE VENTURES CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CATCH SELECTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; INCOME; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WINTER; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY; MADAGASCAR; OCTOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES;

OCTOPUS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; MADAGASCAR; OCTOPODIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84939192097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129075     Document Type: Article

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