Has reforming South African fisheries contributed to wealth redistribution and poverty alleviation?

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 301-313

  Isaacs, Moenieba ^a   Hara, Mafaniso ^a   Raakjær, Jesper ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b Inst Fish Mgmt Coast Comm D   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

INTERNAL TRANSFORMATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SMALL MEDIUM AND MICRO-ENTERPRISES (SMMES); WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION;

FISHERIES;

APARTHEID; FISHERY; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHING INDUSTRY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34248592201     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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