Japanese whaling and other cetacean fisheries

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-48

  Kasuya, Toshio ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dolphin; International Whaling Commission (IWC); Marine ecosystem; Porpoise; Whale; Whaling

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; DOLPHIN; FISHERY REGULATION; HARVESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PORPOISE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WHALING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CETACEA; MYSTICETI; PHOCOENIDAE;

ANIMAL; CETACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN;

EID: 33846867938     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2006.09.346     Document Type: Review

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