Income diversification and risk for fishermen

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2076-2081

  Kasperski, Stephen ^a   Holland, Daniel S ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FISHERMAN; FISHING; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873417026     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212278110     Document Type: Article

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