Fishers, Fair Trade, and finding middle ground

Fisheries Research

Volumn 182, Issue , 2016, Pages 59-68

  Bailey, Megan ^a   Bush, Simon ^b   Oosterveer, Peter ^b   Larastiti, Laksmi ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Certification; Fair Trade; Middlemen; Patron client; Small scale fisheries; Value chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952362067     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.11.027     Document Type: Article

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