Are input controls required in individual transferable quota fisheries to address ecosystem based fisheries management objectives?

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 122-131

  Emery, Timothy J ^a   Green, Bridget S ^a   Gardner, Caleb ^a   Tisdell, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem based fisheries management; Externalities; Fisheries management; Individual transferable quota; Input controls; ITQs

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79961208104     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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