Overfishing, tropicalization of fish stocks, uncertainty and ecosystem management: Resharpening Ockham's razor

Fisheries Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Stergiou, Konstantinos I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Catch variability; Ecosystem management; Life history; Overfishing; Precautionary approach; Stock assessment; Tropicalization of fish stocks; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; OVERFISHING; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036164126     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(01)00279-X     Document Type: Review

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