Estimating the economic impacts of bycatch in U.S. commercial fisheries

Marine Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 470-475

  Patrick, Wesley S ^a   Benaka, Lee R ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation engineering; Fisheries management; Forgone yield; Input output model; Optimum yield; Regulatory discards

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883466503     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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