A simulation strategy for fleet dynamics in Australia's northern prawn fishery: Effort allocation at two scales

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 631-645

  Venables, William N ^a   Ellis, Nick ^a   Punt, André E ^a,b   Dichmont, Catherine M ^a   Deng, Roy A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fleet dynamics; Fuel price; Harvest strategy; Markov chain; Northern prawn fishery; Prawn; Vessel movement

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISHING; HARVESTING; MARKOV CHAIN; POLICY ANALYSIS; PRAWN FISHERY; VESSEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 68349101216     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp063     Document Type: Article

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