Challenges in integrating short-term behaviour in a mixed-fishery Management Strategies Evaluation frame: A case study of the North Sea flatfish fishery

Fisheries Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 26-40

  Andersen, Bo Sølgaard ^a   Vermard, Youen ^b   Ulrich, Clara ^a   Hutton, Trevor ^c   Poos, Jan Jaap ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioeconomics; Effort allocation; Management Strategies Evaluation (MSE); Mixed fisheries; North Sea flatfish; Random utility model (RUM)

Indexed keywords

PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 73649107799     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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