A cautionary note on individual transferable quotas

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Sumaila, U Rashid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catch shares; Ecological sustainability; Economic efficiency; Economic sustainability; Ecosystem based fisheries management; Exclusive and transferable rights; Fisheries; Individual transferable quotas; ITQs; Social sustainability

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 77958487636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03391-150336     Document Type: Article

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