The shark fishery in the United Arab Emirates: An interview based approach to assess the status of sharks

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 800-816

  Jabado, Rima W ^a   Al Ghais, Saif M ^a   Hamza, Waleed ^a   Henderson, Aaron C ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Center for Marine Resource Studies   (Turks and Caicos Islands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coastal; Fish; Fishing; Monitoring; Ocean; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OVERFISHING; SHARK FISHERY; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84954240226     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2477     Document Type: Article

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