Journal article
Drivers of the distribution of fisher effort at Lake Alaotra, Madagascar
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Understanding how fishers make decisions is important for improving management of fisheries. There is debate about the extent to which small-scale fishers follow an ideal free distribution (IFD) – distributing their fishing effort efficiently according to resource availability, rather than being influenced by social factors or personal preference. Using detailed data from 1,800 fisher catches and from semi-structured interviews with over 700 fishers at Lake Alaotra, the largest inland fishery...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Economic and Social Research Council
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Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer US Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Human Ecology Journal website
- Volume:
- 44
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 105–117
- Publication date:
- 2016-02-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1572-9915
- ISSN:
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0300-7839
- Source identifiers:
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574374
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- pubs:574374
- Deposit date:
- 2015-11-17
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- Copyright holder:
- Wallace et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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