Conserving wild fish in a sea of market-based efforts

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Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-56

  Jacquet, Jennifer ^a   Hocevar, John ^b   Lai, Sherman ^a   Majluf, Patricia ^c   Pelletier, Nathan ^d   Pitcher, Tony ^a   Sala, Enric ^e,f   Sumaila, Rashid ^a   Pauly, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Greenpeace   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption targets; Effectiveness; Fisheries subsidies; Fishmeal; Life cycle analysis; Marine Stewardship Council; Sustainable seafood; Traceability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION STATUS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OVERFISHING; SEAFOOD; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77952474805     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990470     Document Type: Article

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