Case Study 3: MSC Certification of the Alaska Pollock Fishery

SEAFOOD Ecolabelling: Principles and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 269-286

  Gilmore, Jim ^a  

^a At sea Processors Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska pollock fishery; At sea Processors Association (APA); Certification body performance indicators; National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); New rules retroactive application; Private foundations and NGO attitudes; Reform agenda; Subjectivity in scoring; Wildhavens report

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889469114     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301380.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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