Recent international agreements and the precautionary approach: New directions for fisheries management science

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1545-1552

  Richards, Laura J ^a   Maguire, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b Halieutikos Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

EID: 0031765777     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-043     Document Type: Review

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