Accounting for food requirements of seabirds in fisheries management - The case of the South African purse-seine fishery

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 26, Issue , 2004, Pages 197-203

  Crawford, R J M ^a  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competition with fisheries; Dependent species; Food; Minimum viable population; Seabirds; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PURSE SEINING; SEABIRD;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANCHOA; APUS APUS; ENGRAULIS; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS CAPENSIS; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX CAPENSIS; SARDINOPS; SARDINOPS SAGAX; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS; STERNA; STERNA BERGII;

EID: 9344230337     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142320409504057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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