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SUBMITTER: Scales H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2141675 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scales Helen H Balmford Andrew A Manica Andrea A
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20070401 1612
The live reef fish trade (LRFT) is one of the greatest but least-quantified sources of fishing pressure for several species of large coral reef fish across the Indo-Pacific. For the first time we quantify the localized impact of the LRFT. We collected data from three LRFT traders in northern Borneo, which yielded information on daily fishing effort and the species and mass of all fishes sold every day by individual fishers or vessels over 2, 3 and 8 years. Total monthly catch and relative abunda ...[more]