Fuel price increase, subsidies, overcapacity, and resource sustainability

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 832-840

  Sumaila, Ussif Rashid ^a   Teh, Louise ^a   Watson, Reg ^a   Tyedmers, Peter ^b   Pauly, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fisheries subsidies; Fuel subsidies; Global fisheries

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUEL; OVERFISHING; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 46249107956     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn070     Document Type: Article

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