Fair trade fish: consumer support for broader seafood sustainability

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 825-838

  McClenachan, Loren ^a   Dissanayake, Sahan T M ^a   Chen, Xiaojie ^a  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice experiments; eco labelling; fair trade; social sustainability; social ecological systems (SES); sustainable seafood

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SEAFOOD; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84959420927     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12148     Document Type: Article

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