Uncertainty and precautionary management of marine fisheries: Can the old methods fit the new mandates?

Fisheries

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6-15

  Weeks, Hal ^a   Berkeley, Steve ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034364825     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8446(2000)025<0006:UAPMOM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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