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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457087503321

Titolo

Handbook of marine fisheries conservation and management [[electronic resource] /] / edited by R. Quentin Grafton ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-70169-X

9786612701696

0-19-970828-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (785 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GraftonR. Quentin <1962->

Disciplina

338.3/727

Soggetti

Fisheries

Fishes - Conservation

Fishery management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I: Overview; II: Ecosystem Conservation and Fisheries Management; III: Case Studies in Governance; IV: Policy Instruments and Perspectives; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook is the most comprehensive and interdisciplinary work on marine conservation and fisheries management ever compiled. It is the first to bridge fisheries and marine conservation issues. Its innovative ideas, detailed case studies, and governance framework provide a global special perspective over time and treat problems in the high seas, community fisheries, industrial fishing, and the many interactions between use and non-use of the oceans. Its policy tools and ideas for overcoming the perennial problems of over fishing, habitat and biodiversity loss address the facts that many ma