An economic analysis of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing: Key drivers and possible solutions

Marine Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 689-695

  Gallic, Bertrand Le ^a   Cox, Anthony ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Illegal; Law of the sea; Overcapacity; Unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; LAW OF THE SEA;

EID: 33745288589     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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