What are we protecting? Fisher behavior and the unintended consequences of spatial closures as a fishery management tool

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 762-777

  Abbott, Joshua K ^a   Haynie, Alan C ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Ecosystem based management; Fisher behavior; Implementation error; Marine protected areas; Multispecies management; Spatial closures

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BYCATCH; CLOSURE; CRAB; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; FISHING EFFORT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MARINE PARK; MORTALITY; MULTISPECIES FISHERY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESERVE DESIGN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TELEOST; TRAWLING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

HIPPOGLOSSUS STENOLEPIS; PARALITHODES CAMTSCHATICUS;

EID: 84860262262     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1319.1     Document Type: Article

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