Reflections on the success of traditional fisheries management

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1040-1046

  Hilborn, Ray ^a   Ovando, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fisheries management; overfishing; precautionary management; stock status; sustainable fishing

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPLOITATION; STOCK IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84903132088     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu034     Document Type: Article

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