The Political Economy of Marine Stewardship Council Certification: Processors and Access in Newfoundland and Labrador's Inshore Shrimp Industry

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 436-457

  Foley, Paul ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Certification; Fisheries; Marine Stewardship Council; Newfoundland and Labrador; Shrimp

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PROCESSING; SHRIMP FISHERY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PANDALUS BOREALIS;

EID: 84857990527     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2011.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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