The "Discard Ban Package": Experiences in efforts to improve the exploitation patterns in Norwegian fisheries

Marine Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Gullestad, P ^a   Blom, G ^a   Bakke, G ^a   Bogstad, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Discard policy; Exploitation pattern; Fisheries management; Real time closures; Selective gear technology

Indexed keywords

EXPLOITATION; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; PROFITABILITY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 84920917806     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.09.025     Document Type: Article

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