Sustainable fisheries

Geoffrey Heal and Wolfram Schlenker
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Wolfram Schlenker: Geoffrey Heal is at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA. gmh1@columbia.edu wolfram.schlenker@columbia.edu

Nature, 2008, vol. 455, issue 7216, 1044-1045

Abstract: Fishermen's aims of increasing their catch seem at odds with preserving fish stocks by limiting catch. A study of more than 11,000 fisheries shows that 'individual tradable quotas' can reconcile these goals.

Date: 2008
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