Optimal feeding and harvest time for fish with weight-dependent prices

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 231-246

  Mistiaen, Johan A ^a   Strand, Ivar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Nonmarginal changes; Optimal feeding; Optimal harvesting time; Piecewise continuous prices; Weight dependent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000287206     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/mre.13.4.42629239     Document Type: Article

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