Management Effectiveness of the World's Marine Fisheries

A global analysis shows that fishery management worldwide is lagging far behind international standards, and that the conversion of scientific advice into policy, through a participatory and transparent process, holds promise for achieving sustainable fisheries.

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  PLoS Biology

• Publication date

  2009-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000131PMID 19547743PMCID 2690453
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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