Technical efficiency and the role of skipper skill in artisanal Lake Victoria fisheries

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 497-519

  Lokina, Razack B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

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LATES NILOTICUS;

EID: 71749110162     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X08004968     Document Type: Article

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