The rise and fall of the Irish orange roughy fishery: An economic analysis

Marine Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 756-763

  Foley, Naomi S ^a   van Rensburg, Tom M ^b   Armstrong, Claire W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Economics; Habitat cold water coral; Orange roughy; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CORAL; DEEP WATER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING VESSEL; HABITAT USE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ANTHOZOA; HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 84866272926     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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