Fisheries: Hope or despair?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 506-516

  Pitcher, Tony J ^a   Cheung, William W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Climate change; Code of Conduct; Management; Overfishing; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BY-CATCH; CODE OF CONDUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL SHIFTS; MANAGEMENT QUALITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OVERFISHING; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FISHERIES;

BYCATCH; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OVERFISHING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CATCH SELECTIVITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEA FOOD; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BYCATCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CODE OF CONDUCT; MANAGEMENT; OVERFISHING; SUSTAINABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN;

EID: 84884281047     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.05.045     Document Type: Article

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