Communities, knowledge and fisheries of the future

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 221-239

  St Martin, Kevin ^a   McCay, Bonnie J ^a   Murray, Grant D ^b   Johnson, Teresa R ^a   Oles, Bryan ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IM Systems Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative research; Ecosystem based management; Fisheries; Fisheries management; Fisheries policy; Fisheries social science; Fishing communities; Human dimensions of fisheries; LEK; Local ecological knowledge; Social practice of fishing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; FISHING COMMUNITY; RESEARCH WORK; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 34447536722     PISSN: 14666650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGENVI.2007.013575     Document Type: Review

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