Is a stock overfished if it is depleted by overfishing? A response to the rebuttal of Agnew et al. to Froese and Proelss "Evaluation and legal assessment of certified seafood"

Marine Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 548-550

  Froese, Rainer ^a   Proelss, Alexander ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Certified seafood; Depleted; Eco labeling; Maximum sustainableyield; Overfished; Overfishing

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; ECOLABELING; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; OVERFISHING; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SEAFOOD; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84888822599     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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