Investing in natural capital as management strategy in fisheries: The case of the Baltic Sea cod fishery

Ecological Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 634-642

  Döring, Ralf ^a   Egelkraut, Thorsten M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea cod; Ecosystem based approach; Fisheries management; Natural capital; Precautionary approach

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GADOID; NATURAL CAPITAL; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 37149037134     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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