Trade and resources: Welfare effects of the Lake Victoria fisheries boom

Fisheries Research

Volumn 167, Issue , 2015, Pages 156-163

  Eggert, Håkan ^a   Greaker, Mads ^a,b   Kidane, Asmerom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Fisheries; International trade; Lake Victoria; Nile perch; Poverty reduction; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

LATES NILOTICUS;

EID: 84924612073     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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