Optimal selectivity and effort cost a simple bioeconomic model with an application to the Bay of Biscay Nephrops fishery

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-232

  Macher, Claire ^a   Boncoeur, Jean ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of biscay; Bio economic model; Effort; Fuel costs; Management tradeoff; Nephrops fishery; Selectivity; Social and private benefits and costs; Technical measure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955448752     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5950/0738-1360-25.2.213     Document Type: Article

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