A bottom-up re-estimation of global fisheries subsidies

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-225

  Sumaila, U Rashid ^a   Khan, Ahmed S ^b   Dyck, Andrew J ^a   Watson, Reg ^a   Munro, Gordon ^a   Tydemers, Peter ^c   Pauly, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuel subsidies; Overcapacity; Overfishing; World Trade Organization

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING INDUSTRY; OVERFISHING; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; WORLD BANK; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77957284762     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-010-9091-8     Document Type: Article

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