The economic importance of the Icelandic fisheries cluster-Understanding the role of fisheries in a small economy

Marine Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-161

  Sigfusson, Thor ^b   Arnason, Ragnar ^c   Morrissey, Karyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ocean Cluster House   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Direct and indirect economic contribution; Economic mapping; Fisheries cluster; Iceland; Micro level

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHING INDUSTRY; MAPPING; MARKET TRANSITION; MICROECONOMICS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

ICELAND;

EID: 84871024344     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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