Effort allocation and marine protected areas: Is the North Sea Plaice Box a management compromise?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1203-1215

  Kjærsgaard, Jens ^a   Frost, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioeconomic model; Marine protected area; North Sea Plaice Box

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; BENCHMARKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISHING; FLATFISH FISHERY; MARINE PARK; OPTIMIZATION; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 52449084218     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn088     Document Type: Article

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