Sustainability of deep-sea fish species under the European Union Common Fisheries Policy

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 70, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-37

  Villasante, Sebastian ^a,b,c,d   Morato, Telmo ^e   Rodriguez Gonzalez, David ^a,d   Antelo, Manel ^a,d   Österblom, Henrik ^f   Watling, Les ^g   Nouvian, Claire ^h   Gianni, Matthew ⁱ   Macho, Gonzalo ^d,j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Campus do Mar International Campus of Excellence ^*  (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h Bloom Association   (France)

ⁱ Fisheries/Oceans Marine Biodiversity   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA FISH; DEEP-SEA FISHING; EUROPEAN COUNCIL; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERIES POLICY; FISHING INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE; GLOBAL LEVELS; INTERMEDIATE SPECIE; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SHALLOW WATERS; TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCHES;

EXPANSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FISHERIES;

CATCH COMPOSITION; DEEP-SEA FISHERY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPLORATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; HARVESTING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCKING DENSITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84870248056     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.07.033     Document Type: Article

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