Phillips / Ward / Chaffee Eco-labelling in Fisheries

What is it all about?
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-99546-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, E-Book

If the marine fishing industry is to survive into the future,innovative approaches are necessary. Recognising that marketincentives have the potential to improve fisheries management, theMarine Stewardship Council (MSC) has been established to harnessthese incentives. The work of the MSC translates through fromsustainable fishery management certification, to labelling of fishand sea food products, allowing consumers to use their choice andbuying power to select eco-labelled products from MSC certifiedfisheries.
This exciting new book covers all aspects of the neweco-labelling initiative developed under the sponsorship of theMSC. Contents include details of the MSC and its certificationframework and implementation, dispute resolution, chain-of-custodyassessment and community fisheries certification. Also included areimportant case studies of the MSC certified fisheries ofAustralia's western rock lobster, Alaska salmon, Thamesherring and New Zealand hoki.
Eco-Labelling in Fisheries is an essential purchase forall those involved in marine fisheries management throughout theworld. Professionals and students in fisheries science, marinebiology, ecology, conservation and environmental biology will findthis book to be extremely valuable. Libraries in all universitiesand research establishments where these subjects are studied andtaught should have multiple copies of this book on theirshelves.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Phillips, Bruce

Ward, Trevor

Chaffee, Chet

Über Autor(innen)

Bruce Phillips is at the Department of Environmental Biology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, Trevor Ward is at the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Chet Chaffee is at Scientific Certifications Systems, Oakland, California, USA.