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UNINA9910511377803321 |
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Autore |
Lawson Rowena M. |
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Titolo |
Economics of fisheries development / / Rowena M. Lawson |
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London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (300 pages) |
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Collana |
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Bloomsbury Academic collections : economics |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Fisheries - Economic aspects - Developing countries |
Fisheries - Economic aspects |
Fishery management - Developing countries |
Fishery management |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Reprint. Originally published in 1984 by Frances Pinter (Publishers) Ltd. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- 1. Overview of the State of World Fisheries -- 2. Economic Theory of Fish Eesource Exploitation -- 3. Fisheries Management -- 4. Economics of the Fish Market -- 5. Fish Marketing and Processing -- 6. Planning for Fisheries Development -- 7. Institutional Arrangements for Developing EEZs -- 8. Projects for Fisheries Development -- 9. Development Opportunities -- Appendices -- Index |
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"Following the introduction of the 200-mile extended economic zone (EEZ), many developing countries suddenly found they had large fish resources, which "wisely managed and exploited" could generate wealth and income of immense benefit. However, one constraint to this was that many countries, for historic reasons, lacked the expertise to manage fisheries on this scale. Despite the need for information, few economists and especially development economists teaching in universities and colleges were able to incorporate fisheries economics into their courses owing to the lack of readily accessible material. As a result, many rising economists were failing to recognize the global importance of fishers as an economic resource capable of generating substantial wealth and income to many countries. Economics of Fisheries Development provides an accessible exploration of this area of economics, introducing development economists to some of the problems of developing fisheries in areas of the world where fisheries |
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