Conceptualizing maritime environmental and natural resources law enforcement - The case of illegal fishing

Environmental Development

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-122

  Sander, Klas ^a   Lee, Julian ^a   Hickey, Valerie ^a   Mosoti, Victor Bundi ^a   Virdin, John ^a   Magrath, William B ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental crime; Fisheries; Illegal fishing; Law enforcement; Oceans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904754371     PISSN: 22114645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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