Trawl fisheries, catch shares and the protection of benthic marine ecosystems: Has ownership generated incentives for seafloor stewardship?

Marine Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-83

  Rieser, Alison ^a   Watling, Les ^a   Guinotte, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Marine Conservation Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Catch shares; Ecosystem based management; Essential fish habitat; Incentives; Seafloor habitat; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BOTTOM TRAWLING; CATCH COMPOSITION; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING INDUSTRY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEAFLOOR; TRAWLING;

ALASKA; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873253092     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.12.028     Document Type: Article

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