Overfishing and the Common Fisheries Policy: (un)successful results from TAC regulation?

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-50

  Villasante, Sebastián ^a,b   Do Carme García Negro, María ^b   González Laxe, Fernando ^c   Rodríguez, Gonzalo Rodríguez ^b  

^a ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b University of Santiago Av Burgo das Nacións s n   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Common Fisheries Policy; Global assessment; Impact of TAC regulation; Overexploitation of fishery resources

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CATCHABILITY; COMMON FISHERIES POLICY; FISHING EFFORT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79951542332     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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