Fisheries managed to rebuild ecosystems? Reconstructing the past to salvage the future

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 601-617

  Pitcher, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem rebuilding; Fisheries management and sustainability; Fisheries policy; Harvest refugia; History of fisheries; Mass balance models; Restoration ecology

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OVERFISHING; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0035074537     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0601:FMTRER]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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