Beyond biological performance measures in management strategy evaluation: Bringing in economics and the effects of trawling on the benthos

Fisheries Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-250

  Dichmont, C M ^a   Deng, A ^a   Punt, A E ^a,b   Ellis, N ^a   Venables, W N ^a   Kompas, T ^c,d   Ye, Y ^a   Zhou, S ^a   Bishop, J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Benthic impacts; Bio economic assessment; Management strategy evaluation; Maximum Economic Yield; Prawns; Technical interaction

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PENAEUS ESCULENTUS; PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS;

EID: 56349114836     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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