Defining fishing grounds with vessel monitoring system data

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-63

  Jennings, Simon ^a,b   Lee, Janette ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem approach; Fishing effects; Management; Marine protected areas; Marine spatial planning

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING VESSEL; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE PARK; MARINE POLICY; MONITORING SYSTEM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 83255165400     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr173     Document Type: Article

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