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The sunken billions : the economic justification for fisheries reform.
Economic losses in marine fisheries resulting from poor management, inefficiencies, and overfishing add up to US50 billion per year. Taken over the last three decades, these losses total over US2 trillion, a figure roughly equivalent to the GDP of Italy. The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justificati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores Corporativos: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC : Rome :
World Bank ; FAO,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Agriculture and rural development series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Economic losses in marine fisheries resulting from poor management, inefficiencies, and overfishing add up to US50 billion per year. Taken over the last three decades, these losses total over US2 trillion, a figure roughly equivalent to the GDP of Italy. The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform argues that well-managed marine fisheries could turn most of these losses into sustainable economic benefits for millions of fishers and coastal communities. According to this book, the bulk of losses occur in two main ways. First, depleted fish stocks mean that there are fewer. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 100 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-94) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821379141 0821379143 1282012576 9781282012578 9786612012570 6612012579 |