Valuing Recreational Fishing in the Great Lakes

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1184-1193

  Melstrom, Richard T ^a   Lupi, Frank ^b  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; COASTAL ZONE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHING EFFORT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84890577700     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2013.835293     Document Type: Article

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