An overview of commercial fishers' attitudes towards marine protected areas

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 670, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 289-306

  Pita, Cristina ^a   Pierce, Graham J ^a,b   Theodossiou, Ioannis ^a   Macpherson, Karen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^c HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Fishers; Marine protected areas; Perceptions; Rapid review; Systematic

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISHING INDUSTRY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; PERCEPTION;

EID: 79957835096     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0665-9     Document Type: Review

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