Role of subsidies in EU fleet capacity management

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-466

  Lindebo, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Common Fisheries Policy; Danish fishing fleet; Fleet capacity management; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447531512     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/mre.20.4.42629487     Document Type: Article

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