Estimating global discards and their potential reduction for the Galician fishing fleet (NW Spain)

Marine Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-147

  Vázquez Rowe, Ian ^a   Moreira, Ma Teresa ^a   Feijoo, Gumersindo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discards; Fishing fleet; Galicia; Policymaking; Stocks; Trawling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FISHING GEAR; FISHING VESSEL; POLICY MAKING; TRAWLING;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 78349308472     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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