Fisher skills and compliance with effort-limiting fishing regulations in a developing country: The case of Ghana

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 666-675

  Akpalu, Wisdom ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Crimes; Fishing; Ghana; Illegal fishing; Non expected utility; Skills; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; DEVELOPING WORLD; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FISHERY POLICY; FISHING COMMUNITY; FISHING EFFORT; MODEL TEST; OVERFISHING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GHANA;

EID: 79960039083     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068291111143884     Document Type: Article

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