Undermining the Integrated Maritime Policy

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-333

  Wakefield, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common Fisheries Policy; Integrated Maritime Policy; Marine and Coastal Access Act; Marine strategy directive; Precautionary approach; Sustainable exploitation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC BENEFITS; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERIES POLICY; FISHERIES SECTOR; HUMAN IMPACT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH; SECTORAL POLICIES; SHARED VALUES; SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

FISHERIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMON FISHERIES POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPLOITATION; MARINE POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD SECURITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERIES; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 77949274541     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.12.023     Document Type: Article

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