Paper fish and policy conflict: Catch shares and ecosystem-based management in Maine's groundfishery

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Brewer, Jennifer F ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catch shares; Ecosystem based management; Fisheries; Fishery Management Council; Groundfish; ITQs; Maine; New England; NOAA; Quotas

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CATCH STATISTICS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARINE POLICY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; QUOTA SYSTEM; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SPATIAL PLANNING;

MAINE; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954494814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03765-160115     Document Type: Article

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