Socio-economic and institutional incentives influencing fishers' behaviour in relation to fishing practices and discard

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1298-1307

  Eliasen, Soren Q ^a   Papadopoulou, K Nadia ^b   Vassilopoulou, Vassiliki ^b   Catchpole, Tom L ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case study comparison; driver for discard; institutional and socio economic incentives

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; FISHING EFFORT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRAWLING;

DENMARK; ENGLAND; EUROPE; GREECE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84903125152     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst120     Document Type: Article

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