Optimal Harvest in an Age Structured Model with Different Fishing Selectivity

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 525-544

  Skonhoft, Anders ^a   Vestergaard, Niels ^b   Quaas, Martin ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age model; Fishery economics; Optimal exploitation; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; FISH; HARVESTING; PROFITABILITY;

AGE MODELING; AGE STRUCTURED MODEL; EQUILIBRIUM PROFITS; FISHERY ECONOMICS; LUMPED PARAMETER; OPTIMAL EXPLOITATION; OPTIMAL HARVESTING POLICY; SOCIAL PLANNERS;

FISHERIES;

AGE STRUCTURE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FISHING GEAR; GEAR SELECTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84858153716     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-011-9510-x     Document Type: Article

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