Poaching, enforcement, and the efficacy of marine reserves

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1851-1856

  Byers, James E ^a   Noonburg, Erik G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterrence; Dispersal; Fisheries; Fishing mortality; Game theory; Illegal harvest; Marine protected areas; Maximum sustainable yield; Population dynamics; Source sink dynamics; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; GAME THEORY; HARVESTING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARINE PARK; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; POACHING; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COST; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; GAME; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FISHERIES; FISHES; GAME THEORY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 39049094758     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0067.1     Document Type: Article

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