Property rights to multi-attribute fishery resources

Ecological Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 309-323

  Edwards, Steven F ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem based management; Fisheries management; Multi attribute resources; Property rights; Spillovers; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY REGULATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; TRANSACTION COST;

MILETINAE;

EID: 0037350062     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(02)00269-0     Document Type: Article

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