On scientists' discomfort in fisheries advisory science: the example of simulation-based fisheries management-strategy evaluations

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-132

  Kraak, Sarah B M ^a,b   Kelly, Ciaran J ^b   Codling, Edward A ^c   Rogan, Emer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EU fisheries management advice; Expert judgement; Management strategy evaluations; Scientific credibility; Simulations; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOMASS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; FISHERY POLICY; HARVESTING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953998237     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2009.00352.x     Document Type: Review

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