Fishing skill in developing country fisheries: The kedah, Malaysia trawl fishery

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 293-314

  Viswanathan, K Kuperan ^a   Omar, Ishak Haji ^b   Jeon, Yongil ^c   Kirkley, James ^d   Squires, Dale ^e   Susilowati, Indah ^f  

^a WORLDFISH   (Solomon Islands)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Malaysia; Skipper skill; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544277872     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/mre.16.4.42629339     Document Type: Article

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