Socio-economic drivers and indicators for artisanal coastal fisheries in Pacific island countries and territories and their use for fisheries management strategies

Marine Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1135-1143

  Kronen, Mecki ^a   Vunisea, Aliti ^a   Magron, Franck ^a   McArdle, Brian ^b  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Drivers; Fisheries; Fisheries management; Indicators; Socio economic survey; South Pacific

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; COASTAL FISHERY; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955085755     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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