Fishing for feed or fishing for food: Increasing global competition for small pelagic forage fish

Ambio

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 294-302

  Tacon, Albert G J ^a   Metian, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; FISHING; FOOD SECURITY; PELAGIC FISH;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; SEA FOOD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; FISHERY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FISH PRODUCTS; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; GLOBAL HEALTH;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; CLUPEIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE;

EID: 77649315586     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/08-A-574.1     Document Type: Article

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80. First submitted 5 September 2008. Accepted for publication 5 March 2009.