The Commercial Fisheries for Jasus and Palinurus Species in the South-East Atlantic and South-West Indian Oceans

Spiny Lobsters: Fisheries and Culture: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 105-120

  Pollock, D E ^a   Cockcroft, A C ^a   Groeneveld, J C ^a   Schoeman, D S ^a  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carapace length; Commercial; Fishery independent monitoring survey; Operational management procedure; TACs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948981812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470698808.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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