Policy instruments to meet fisheries management objectives in Belgian fisheries

Fisheries Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 8-23

  Stouten, Hendrik ^a,b   Heene, Aimé ^b   Gellynck, Xavier ^b   Polet, Hans ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgian fisheries; Fisheries management; Management objectives; Microworld; Policy instruments; Social welfare functions; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051669498     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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