Unreported fishing, hungry people and political turmoil: The recipe for a food security crisis in Madagascar?

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 218-225

  Le Manach, Frédéric ^a   Gough, Charlotte ^b   Harris, Alasdair ^b   Humber, Frances ^b   Harper, Sarah ^c   Zeller, Dirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b BLUE VENTURES CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catch reconstruction; Fisheries governance; Food security; Foreign fishing access; Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; DEVELOPING WORLD; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING INDUSTRY; FOOD SECURITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABILITY;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 79961207744     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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