Recreational Fisheries in the Twenty-First Century: Towards a Code of Conduct

Global Challenges in Recreational Fisheries

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 338-352

  Cowx, Ian G ^a   Arlinghaus, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commercial fishing; Fisheries management; Psychological benefits; Recreational fisheries; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889345631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470697597.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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