The tragedy of the commodity: The overexploitation of the mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery

Organization and Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-328

  Longo, Stefano B ^a   Clausen, Rebecca ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

commodification; environmental sociology; fisheries; political economy; tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TUNA FISHERY;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 80355137081     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026611419860     Document Type: Article

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