Eco-labeling seafood: Addressing impacts to vulnerable seafloor species, communities, habitats and ecosystems in data-poor regions

Marine Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-15

  Heupel, Eric ^a   Auster, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Sea Research Foundation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Ecosystem management; Fisheries; Precaution; Proxy; Seafloor

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CERTIFICATION; DATA MINING; ECOLABELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; SEAFLOOR; SEAFOOD; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84902082031     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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