Directions for productivity measurement in fisheries

Marine Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-169

  Felthoven, Ronald G ^a   Morrison Paul, Catherine J ^b  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Econometrics; Policy impacts; Productivity; Technical change

Indexed keywords

FISHERY PRODUCTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0842306137     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-597X(03)00084-8     Document Type: Article

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