Productive performance in fisheries: Modeling, measurement, and management

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-360

  Morrison Paul, Catherine J ^a   Felthoven, Ronald G ^b   Torres, Marcelo De O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Performance measurement; Production economics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77955145592     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2010.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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