Challenges for Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 496-510

  Cowan, James H ^a   Rice, Jake C ^b   Walters, Carl J ^c   Hilborn, Ray ^d   Essington, Timothy E ^d   Day, John W ^a   Boswell, Kevin M ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84890579133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2012.690825     Document Type: Article

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