Construction and first applications of a global cost of fishing database

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1996-2004

  Lam, Vicky W Y ^a   Sumaila, Ussif Rashid ^a   Dyck, Andrew ^a   Pauly, Daniel ^a   Watson, Reg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

catches; database; fisheries; fishing cost; fixed cost; fuel cost; global cost; sustainability; variable cost

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CONSTRUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHING; GEAR SELECTIVITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 80051975587     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr121     Document Type: Article

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