Responses and adaptation strategies of commercial and charter fishers to zoning changes in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 226-234

  Lédée, Elodie J I ^a   Sutton, Stephen G ^a   Tobin, Renae C ^a   De Freitas, Debora M ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Displacement; Fisheries; Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; Social impacts; Zoning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; SOCIAL IMPACT; ZONING POLICY; ZONING SYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79961207372     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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