An empirical analysis of production distortions in the mid-Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog fishery

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1191-1197

  Weninger, Q ^a   Strand, I E ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAM CULTURE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0042847345     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000086073     Document Type: Article

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