Use of incentive-based management systems to limit bycatch and discarding

International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-161

  Pascoe, Sean ^a   Innes, James ^b,c   Holland, Dan ^d   Fina, Mark ^e   Th́ebaud, Olivier ^a,f   Townsend, Ralph ^g,h   Sanchirico, James ^i,j   Arnason, Ragnar ^k   Wilcox, Chris ^a   Hutton, Trevor ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e North Pacific Fishery Management Council   (United States)

^f IFREMER   (France)

^g Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^h WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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Author keywords

Bycatch; Discarding; Fisheries management; Incentive based management; Marine conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958607372     PISSN: 19321465     EISSN: 19321473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/101.00000032     Document Type: Article

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