Using a novel survey technique to predict fisheries stakeholders' support for European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) conservation programs

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2973-2982

  Dorow, Malte ^a,b   Beardmore, Ben ^c   Haider, Wolfgang ^c   Arlinghaus, Robert ^b,d  

^a State Research Center Mecklenburg Vorpommern for Agriculture and Fishery   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Best worst; Choice experiment; Maximum difference conjoint; Recreational fisheries; Stocking

Indexed keywords

ANGLING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; EEL; FISHERY REGULATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY APPROACH; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 70350568314     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.029     Document Type: Article

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