Searching for market-based sustainability pathways: Challenges and opportunities for seafood certification programs in Japan

Marine Policy

Volumn 76, Issue , 2017, Pages 185-191

  Swartz, Wilf ^a   Schiller, Laurenne ^b   Rashid Sumaila, U ^a   Ota, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental and cultural sustainability; Japan fisheries; Seafood supply chain; Voluntary certification programs

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONSERVATION; ECOLABELING; FISHERY; FOOD MARKET; SEAFOOD; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

JAPAN;

EID: 85002245106     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.11.009     Document Type: Article

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