Puerto Rican commercial fishermen : perceptions of marine protective measures : final report

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• Personal Author:
  Agar, Juan J. ; Shivlani, Manoj
• Corporate Authors:
  United States, National Marine Fisheries Service ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
• Description:
  "The objective of this project was to investigate fishermen's perceptions about the efficacy of seasonal and area closures in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ... This report shares some of the preliminary and area closures in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Figure 1). This report shares some of the preliminary findings from this work which suggest that fishermen view seasonal closures and, to a lesser extent, area closures favorably. The paper is structured as follows: Section 2 introduces the methodology employed; Section 3 summarizes the preliminary results from the interviews; and Section 4 offers the main conclusions of this study"--Introduction.
• Keywords:
  Coral Reef Conservation Coral Reef Fisheries Fishers Management Marine Parks And Reserves Reef Fisheries Social Aspects Coral Reef Conservation Coral Reef Fisheries Marine Parks And Reserves Reef Fisheries Social Aspects

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• CoRIS Project ID:
  CRCP Project ID ; 31089
• Document Type:
  Professional Paper
• Place as Subject:
  Puerto Rico
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:20fb3a11723643d00b6496e1470afae9a4a2289682f095e421a9266d788bd648
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/12190/noaa_12190_DS1.pdf
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