An impediment to consumer choice: Overfished species are sold as Pacific red snapper

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1591-1599

  Logan, Cheryl A ^a   Alter, S Elizabeth ^a   Haupt, Alison J ^a   Tomalty, Katharine ^a   Palumbi, Stephen R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular forensics; Overfished; Rockfish; Seafood; Snapper; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MITOCHONDRION; OVERFISHING; SEAFOOD; SUSTAINABILITY; TELEOST;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS; LUTJANUS PERU; OREOCHROMIS; SEBASTES; TILAPIA;

EID: 46549087083     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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