FAO's state of fisheries and aquaculture: Correcting some misrepresentations by Pauly and Froese

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1191-1192

  Branch, Trevor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishery status; Fishing down; Food webs; Stock assessment; Trophic fingerprint

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY STATISTICS; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; FOOD WEB; MARINE RESOURCE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 84860665713     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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