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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807701803321

Autore

Barkin J. Samuel <1965->

Titolo

Saving global fisheries : reducing fishing capacity to promote sustainability / / J. Samuel Barkin and Elizabeth R. DeSombre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2013

ISBN

0-262-31277-8

1-299-05579-6

0-262-31276-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Disciplina

639.2

Soggetti

Sustainable fisheries

Fishery management, International

Overfishing

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

The problems.International regulation -- The political economy of regulation -- Regulatory capture -- The cultures of fishing regulation -- Subsidies and fishing capacity -- Economic development -- Proposed solutions. A global fisheries organization -- Individual transferable quotas -- International tradable permits -- Conclusion.

pt. I. The problems -- pt. II. Proposed solutions.

Sommario/riassunto

A proposal for a new global approach for fisheries focused on reducing fishing capacity and providing incentives for long-term sustainability.