Rebuttal to Froese and Proelss "Evaluation and legal assessment of certified seafood"

Marine Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 551-553

  Agnew, D J ^a   Gutierrez N L ^a   Stern Pirlot, A ^a   Smith, A D M ^b   Zimmermann, C ^c   Sainsbury, K ^d  

^a Science and Standards Department   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF BALTIC SEA FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Certification; Marine Stewardship Council; Sustainable stocks

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; OVERFISHING; SEAFOOD; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84876326453     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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