Ecologically sustainable fishing in theory and practice: Individual transferable quotas in Australia's South East Fishery

Australian Geographer

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-114

  Waitt, Gordon ^a   Hartig, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic restructuring of the trawling industry; Eden; Individual transferable quotas; South East Fishery; Sustainable fishery management

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY REGULATION; QUOTA SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034008174     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180093556     Document Type: Article

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