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Governance analysis of a community managed small-scale crab fishery in Madagascar: novel use of an empirical framework

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Governance analysis of a community managed small-scale crab fishery in Madagascar: novel use of an empirical framework. / Long, Stephen; Jones, Peter J.S.; Randriana, Zoavina et al.
In: Marine Policy, Vol. 127, 102974, 31.05.2021.

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Long S, Jones PJS, Randriana Z, Hadj-Hammou J. Governance analysis of a community managed small-scale crab fishery in Madagascar: novel use of an empirical framework. Marine Policy. 2021 May 31;127:102974. Epub 2017 Dec 1. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.11.022

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Long, Stephen ; Jones, Peter J.S. ; Randriana, Zoavina et al. / Governance analysis of a community managed small-scale crab fishery in Madagascar : novel use of an empirical framework. In: Marine Policy. 2021 ; Vol. 127.

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