Managing Bluefin Tuna in the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 502-511

  Sumaila, Ussif Rashid ^a   Huang, Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bluefin Tuna; ICCAT; Shared stock

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 80054005326     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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