Shifting tides in the western and central pacific Ocean Tuna fishery: The political economy of regulation and industry responses

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-114

  Havice, Elizabeth ^a   Campling, Liam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FISHING INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL LAW; NEOLIBERALISM; OCEAN TIDE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 77149123978     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/glep.2010.10.1.89     Document Type: Article

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