Pond culture of snakehead in Hong Kong: A case study of an economic solution to common resources

Aquaculture International

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-75

  Lai, Lawrence ^a   Lam, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Common property; Insecure tenure; Ophiocephalus maculatus (Hong Kong snakehead); Shenzhen Special Economic Zone; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EXTINCTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; POND CULTURE; SNAKEHEAD;

CHINA, HONG KONG;

EID: 0031778924     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009273804206     Document Type: Article

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