Multispecies fisheries management in the Mediterranean Sea: Application of the Fcube methodology

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-199

  Maravelias, C D ^a   Damalas, D ^a   Ulrich, C ^b   Katsanevakis, S ^a   Hoff, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ecosystem approach; Effort; Landings; Socioeconomics; TAC

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FISHERY; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING MORTALITY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTISPECIES FISHERY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84860919847     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2011.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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