Extending federal crop insurance programs to commercial fisheries: The case of Bristol Bay, Alaska, sockeye salmon

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 352-366

  Herrmann, Mark ^a   Greenberg, Joshua ^a   Hamel, Charles ^a   Geier, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEASIBILITY STUDY; FISHERY ECONOMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONID; SALMONID FISHERY;

ALASKA; BRISTOL BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 2942683654     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M02-086.1     Document Type: Review

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