Commercial fisheries closures in marine protected areas on Canada's Pacific coast: The exception, not the rule

Marine Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-316

  Robb, Carolyn K ^a   Bodtker, Karin M ^a   Wright, Kim ^a   Lash, Jennifer ^a  

^a Living Oceans Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada's Pacific coast; Commercial fisheries; Integrated management; International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Marine protected area; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; MARINE PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; PACIFIC COAST [CANADA]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 78650984008     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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