Formulating quantitative methods to evaluate fishery-management systems: What fishery processes should be modelled and what trade-offs should be made?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 900-916

  McAllister, M K ^a   Starr, P J ^b   Restrepo, V R ^c   Kirkwood, G P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b New Zealand Seafood Industry Council   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Decision analysis; Fishery management procedure; Fishery management system; Monte Carlo simulation; Operating model; Stock assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0033492850     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1999.0547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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