Local seafood: Rethinking the direct marketing paradigm

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Stoll, Joshua S ^a   Dubik, Bradford A ^b   Campbell, Lisa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community supported fisheries; Direct marketing; Institutional starters; Local seafood; Resilience; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; IMPORT; PROFITABILITY; REGULATORY APPROACH; SEAFOOD; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934777388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07686-200240     Document Type: Article

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