Rebuilding fish stocks no later than 2015: will Europe meet the deadline?

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-202

  Froese, Rainer ^a   Proelß, Alexander ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Code of Conduct; Law of the Sea; Maximum sustainable yield; Overfishing; Precautionary principle

Indexed keywords

HABITAT RESTORATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAW OF THE SEA; OVERFISHING; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EUROPE; GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77953022364     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2009.00349.x     Document Type: Review

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