How do individual transferable quotas affect marine ecosystems?

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-57

  Branch, Trevor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Based fisheries management; Co operatives; Dedicated access privileges; Ecosystem; Individual quotas; Property rights; Territorial use rights in fisheries

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 60549099037     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00294.x     Document Type: Review

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