Far more than market-based: Rethinking the impact of the Dutch Viswijzer (Good Fish Guide) on fisheries' governance

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 284-303

  De Vos, Birgit I ^a   Bush, Simon R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SEAFOOD; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79959718774     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2011.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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