Coping with illegal fishing: An institutional account of success and failure in Namibia and South Africa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 189, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-85

  Sjöstedt, Martin ^a   Sundström, Aksel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Illegal fishing; Institutional theory; Marine systems; Namibia; Natural resource management; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; FISHING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PLANNING THEORY; POACHING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRAJECTORY;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 84960802420     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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