Economic analysis of the targeting strategy of artisanal fishers in dominica

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 323-342

  Theophille, Brent ^a   Hutchinson, Sharon D ^b  

^a Caribbean Regional Agricultural Policy Network (CaRAPN)   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishery; Caribbean; Fishing strategy; Mean variance portfolio selection; Non linear optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871823991     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5950/0738-1360-27.4.323     Document Type: Article

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