International fisheries agreement: Review of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. Case study-Shark management

Marine Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 528-533

  Levesque, Juan C ^a  

^a Levesque Environmental and Fisheries Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental treaties; ICCAT; Isurus oxyrinchus; Shark management; Shortfin mako shark

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PELAGIC FISH; SHARK; SHARK FISHERY; TUNA FISHERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 41549155546     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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