Estimating targeting ability in multi-species fisheries: A primal multi-output distance function approach

Land Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 382-397

  Pascoe, Sean ^a   Koundouri, Phoebe ^b   Bjørndal, Trond ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; FISHING VESSEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 34648860629     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.83.3.382     Document Type: Article

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