A decision support system for setting legal minimum lengths of fish

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-301

  Stewart, John ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision support; Fisheries management; Legal minimum lengths; Multi criteria decision analysis

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FISHERY; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; LEGAL SYSTEM; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 47649110054     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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