Sink or swim: Measures under international law for the conservation of the Patagonian toothfish in the Southern Ocean

Ocean Development and International Law

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-137

  Bialek, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Catch Documentation Scheme; CCAMLR; CITES; Conservation measures; Patagonian toothfish; WTO rules

Indexed keywords

CITES; CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY REGULATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0037775896     PISSN: 00908320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908320390209609     Document Type: Article

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