Can catch share fisheries better track management targets?

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-290

  Melnychuk, Michael C ^a   Essington, Timothy E ^a   Branch, Trevor A ^a   Heppell, Selina S ^b   Jensen, Olaf P ^c   Link, Jason S ^d   Martell, Steven J D ^e   Parma, Ana M ^f   Pope, John G ^g   Smith, Anthony D M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^g NRC (Europe) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fishery management; Individual transferable quota (ITQ); Mixed effects model; Output controls; Overfishing; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATCH STATISTICS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS; OVERFISHING; QUOTA SYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRACKING;

EID: 84862559732     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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