Beyond boom, bust and ban: The sandfish (Holothuria scabra) fishery in the Tigak Islands, Papua New Guinea

Regional Studies in Marine Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages 69-79

  Hair, Cathy ^a,b   Foale, Simon ^b   Kinch, Jeff ^c   Yaman, Luanah ^c   Southgate, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c National Fisheries Authority   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Beche de mer; Holothuria scabra; Management; Mariculture; Overfishing; Sea cucumber

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958748927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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