Trade secrets: Renaming and mislabeling of seafood

Marine Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-318

  Jacquet, Jennifer L ^a   Pauly, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eco label; Fisheries; Globalization; Mislabeling; MSC; Renaming; Seafood; Substitution; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ECOLABELING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SEAFOOD;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41549151539     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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