Fisheries Mismanagement: The Case of the North Atlantic Cod

By Røgnvaldur Hannesson

Why does the fishing industry have an inherent tendency to overexploit fish stocks and destroy its own resource base? Why do government agencies fail to manage fisheries in an economically sensible way? Does the new Convention on Fishing on the High Seas have any future? Should the European Union abandon its Common Fisheries Policy?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085238243X
• ISBN13: 9780852382431
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"