Allocating fishing rights in South Africa: A participatory approach

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-37

  Joubert, Alison R ^a   Janssen, R ^b   Stewart, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fishing rights allocation; Multicriteria decision analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; FISHING; HUMAN RIGHTS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 38149067561     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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