The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the Making of a Market for 'Sustainable Fish'

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 300-315

  Ponte, Stefano ^a,b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Marine Stewardship Council; Standards and certification; Sustainable fish market

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCOME; MARGINALIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84857931055     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2011.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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