Highgrading in quota-regulated fisheries: Evidence from the Icelandic cod fishery

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 335-346

  Kristofersson, Dadi ^a   Rickertsen, Kyrre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cod; Discarding; Fisheries economics; Highgrading; Individual transferable quota

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GADOID FISHERY; GILLNET; MODELING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 64649094415     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01189.x     Document Type: Article

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