Opening the lost valley: Implementing a "back to the future" restoration policy for marine ecosystems and their fisheries

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2004, Issue 43, 2004, Pages 173-201

  Pitcher, Tony J ^a   Heymans, Johanna J ^a   Ainsworth, Cameron ^a   Buchary, Eny A ^a   Sumaila, Ussif Rashid ^a   Christensen, Villy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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