The USA's international trade in fish leather, from a conservation perspective

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 100-108

  Grey, Melissa ^a   Blais, Anne Marie ^b   Hunt, Bob ^a   Vincent, Amanda C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eels; Hagfish; Non food fisheries; Sharks; Stingrays

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; LEATHER; SKIN;

HAGFISH; NON-FOOD FISHERIES; SHARKS; STINGRAYS;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

FRESH WATER;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SKIN; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; SHARK; TRADE UNION; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; MYXINIDAE;

EID: 33747865075     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906003092     Document Type: Article

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