Managing risk, resisting management: Stability and diversity in a southern Australian fishing fleet

Human Organization

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-108

  Minnegal, Monica ^a   Dwyer, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversification; Fisheries; Management; Resistance; Risk; Southeast Australia; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 46649086122     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.67.1.x38g60k463p26855     Document Type: Article

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