Subsidies, buybacks, and sustainable fisheries

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-58

  Clark, Colin W ^a   Munro, Gordon R ^a   Sumaila, Ussif Rashid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buyback programs; Fisheries; Human capital; Non malleable capital; Overcapacity; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

FISHERMAN; MANAGEMENT TOOL; RESOURCE CONSERVATION;

FISHERIES;

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OVERFISHING;

EID: 20444411892     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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