Banking on cod: Exploring economic incentives for recovering Grand Banks and North Sea cod fisheries

Marine Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-98

  Davies, R W D ^a   Rangeley, R ^b  

^a WWF INTERNATIONAL   (Switzerland)

^b WWF Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cod; Economic; Incentive; North Atlantic; Recovery

Indexed keywords

FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; GADOID FISHERY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INCENTIVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GRAND BANKS; NORTH SEA;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 70349626994     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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