Intergenerational valuation of fisheries resources can justify long-term conservation: A case study in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1104-1110

  Ainsworth, C H ^a   Sumaila, U R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY POLICY; GADOID; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 24644508946     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-010     Document Type: Article

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