Disconnects in EU and Greek fishery policies and practices in the eastern Aegean Sea and impacts on Posidonia oceanica meadows

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-113

  Vlachopoulou, Eirini Ioanna ^a,b   Wilson, A Meriwether ^a   Miliou, Anastasia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Marine Conservation   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CRIME; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AEGEAN SEA; ARTISANAL FISHING; CASE-STUDIES; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FISHERIES POLICY; MARINE SPECIES; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASS BEDS; SEAGRASSES;

FISHERIES;

ARTISANAL FISHERY; COASTAL PROTECTION; COMMON FISHERIES POLICY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERY REGULATION; FISHING COMMUNITY; MARINE PARK; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TRAWLING;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84875855387     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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