Trophy fishing for species threatened with extinction: A way forward building on a history of conservation

Marine Policy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 318-322

  Shiffman, D S ^a   Gallagher, A J ^a   Wester, J ^a   Macdonald, C C ^a   Thaler, A D ^b   Cooke, S J ^c   Hammerschlag, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Upwell   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish conservation; Fisheries policy; International game fishing association; IUCN red list; Recreational fishing; Threatened fish species

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; FISHERY POLICY; FISHING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RED LIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ANGLING; CONSERVATION STATUS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION;

PISCES;

EID: 84910646888     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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