Living with uncertainty in fisheries: Analytical methods, management priorities and the Canadian groundfishery experience

Fisheries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 37-50

  Charles, Anthony T ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Fisheries Resource Conservation Council; Precautionary approach; Robust management; Structural uncertainty; Sustainable fisheries

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA;

EID: 0031691955     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00125-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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