Potential ecological and economic impacts of sea lice from farmed salmon on wild salmon fisheries

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1746-1755

  Liu, Yajie ^a   Sumaila, Ussif Rashid ^b   Volpe, John Paul ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discounted profit; Fixed escapement policy; Fixed harvest rate; Pink and chum salmon; Recruitment; Sea lice induced mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DISCOUNT RATE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ESCAPEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; POLICY STRATEGY; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALMONID FISHERY;

ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 79959857600     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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