The failure of 'command and control' approaches to fisheries management: Lessons from Australia

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 174-190

  Kompas, Tom ^a,b   Gooday, Peter ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Input and output controls; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; POLICY MAKING; PRAWN FISHERY; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34447517534     PISSN: 14666650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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