Back-to-the-future: A fresh policy initiative for fisheries and a restoration ecology for ocean ecosystems

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1453, 2005, Pages 107-121

  Pitcher, Tony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem simulation; Fisheries policy; Marine ecosystems; Restoration ecology

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 14844337098     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1575     Document Type: Review

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