Optimal harvesting of age-structured fish populations

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-169

  Tahvonen, Olli ^a,b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age structured models; Beverton Holt population model; Bioeconomics; Endogenous recruitment; Fisheries; Optimal harvesting; Pulse fishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049119196     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/mre.24.2.42731377     Document Type: Article

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