The management of the blue whiting fishery as complex social-ecological system: The Galician case

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1301-1308

  Villasante, Sebastián ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c International Campus of Excellence ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Blue whiting fishery; Complex social ecological system; Economic impact; Galician coastal fisheries

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL FISHERY; COMMON FISHERIES POLICY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; POLICY REFORM; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU;

EID: 84861686567     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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