Social, economic, and regulatory drivers of the shark fin trade

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-327

  Clarke, Shelley ^a   Milner Gulland, E J ^a   Trond, Bjørndal ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; China; Demand; Finning; Fisheries; Management; Seafood

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149089918     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/mre.22.3.42629561     Document Type: Article

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