Exploitation and Other Threats to Fish Conservation

Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 319-341

  Reynolds, John D ^a   Dulvy, Nicholas K ^b   Roberts, Callum M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation problems; Fish conservation; Fisheries management; Habitats; Mainstream conservation movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948977882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693919.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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