Towards a Classification of Marine Wildlife Crime: Marketing Strategies to Curtail Illegal Fishing, Malicious Acts, and Waterway Pollution

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2020

School

Marketing

Abstract

Much effort has been dedicated to fighting wildlife crime with modest results. This paper focuses on marine wildlife crime, which suffers from a certain level of neglect due to terrestrial bias (a predominant focus on land animals). Despite legislative and enforcement efforts, there has been little integration of marketing techniques to curtail marine wildlife crime. For these reasons, we set out to study current issues surrounding marine wildlife crime by conducting interviews with three experts in areas of marine education, research, and legislation. The interviews provide an overview of the threats to marine wildlife, aid in the development of a classification of marine wildlife crime, and provide strategies as to what marketing actions may be useful to reduce it.

Publication Title

Psychology and Marketing

Volume

37

Issue

12

First Page

1743

Last Page

1754

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