The effect of restrictive policy instruments on Belgian fishing fleet dynamics

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-258

  Stouten, Hendrik ^a   Heene, Aimé ^a   Gellynck, Xavier ^a   Polet, Hans ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Fleet dynamics; Fleet performance; Restrictive policy instruments; Sensitivity simulation; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53749088167     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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