Global economic value of shark ecotourism: Implications for conservation

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Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 381-388

  Cisneros Montemayor, Andrés M ^a   Barnes Mauthe, Michele ^b   Al Abdulrazzak, Dalal ^a   Navarro Holm, Estrella ^c   Sumaila, U Rashid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Economic value; fisheries; marine ecotourism; shark conservation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOTOURISM; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; SHARK; SHARK FISHERY; VALUATION;

EID: 84880749554     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605312001718     Document Type: Article

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