Bioeconomic losses from overharvesting tuna

Conservation Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-183

  Kompas, Tom ^a   Grafton, R Quentin ^a   Che, Tuong Nhu ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioeconomics; Conservation; Maximum economic yield; Overfishing; Tuna fisheries

Indexed keywords

KATSUWONUS; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 79957632492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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