Increasing marginal returns and the danger of collapse of commercially valuable fish stocks

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 422-428

  Maroto, Jose M ^a   Moran, Manuel ^b  

^a Department of Estadística e Investigación Operativa II ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioeconomic modelling; Dynamic programming; Increasing marginal returns; Lipschitz continuity; Precautionary Approach; Stock collapse

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID FISHERY; EXPLOITATION; GROWTH RATE; MODELING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STOCK COLLAPSE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 53749086694     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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