Individual quotas, fishing effort allocation, and over-quota discarding in mixed fisheries

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-333

  Poos, J J ^a   Bogaards, J A ^a   Quirijns, F J ^a   Gillis, D M ^b   Rijnsdorp, A D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural responses; Dynamic state variable modelling; Fishing effort; Fleet dynamics; Quota regulations

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING VESSEL; OVERFISHING; QUOTA SYSTEM; TRAWLING;

EID: 76649136112     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp241     Document Type: Article

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