Sustainability of deep-sea fisheries

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-320

  Norse, Elliott A ^a   Brooke, Sandra ^a   Cheung, William W L ^b   Clark, Malcolm R ^c   Ekeland, Ivar ^d   Froese, Rainer ^e   Gjerde, Kristina M ^f   Haedrich, Richard L ^g   Heppell, Selina S ^h   Morato, Telmo ^i,j   Morgan, Lance E ^k   Pauly, Daniel ^d   Sumaila, Rashid ^d   Watson, Reg ^d  

^a Marine Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^f IUCN   (Switzerland)

^g Memorial University   (United States)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^j SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^k Marine Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

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Author keywords

Clark's law; Deep sea fisheries; Fisheries economics; Fishery collapse; High seas; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA FISHERY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY PRODUCTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION SIZE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAWL NET; TRAWLING;

ANTHOZOA; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 80051891028     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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