An integrated approach is needed for ecosystem based fisheries management: Insights from ecosystem-level management strategy evaluation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fulton, Elizabeth A ^a   Smith, Anthony D M ^a   Smith, David C ^a   Johnson, Penelope ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Tasmanian Regional Office   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECOSYSTEM BASED FISHERY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MANAGEMENT STRATEGY EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRY;

EID: 84897984574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084242     Document Type: Article

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