Ecosystem-based fisheries management, commercial fisheries, marine mammals and the 2001 Reykjavik Declaration in the context of international law

International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 561-596

  Molenaar, Erik Jaap ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; MAMMAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036988513     PISSN: 09273522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157180802100380321     Document Type: Article

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