Technical efficiency in the Malaysian gill net artisanal fishery

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 481-504

  Squires, Dale ^a   Grafton, R Quentin ^b   Alam, Mohammed Ferdous ^c   Omar, Ishak Haji ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 4544238104     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X03000263     Document Type: Article

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