Is certification a viable option for small producer fish farmers in the global south? Insights from Vietnam

Marine Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 197-206

  Marschke, Melissa ^a   Wilkings, Ann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Certification; Shrimp; Small producer aquaculture; Standards; Sustainability; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; CERTIFICATION; FARMING SYSTEM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GUIDELINE; SHRIMP CULTURE; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUSTAINABILITY; SHRIMP FISHERY; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; SEAFOOD;

VIET NAM;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84904473740     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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