Normative considerations for recreational fishery management: A bioeconomic framework for linking positive science and normative fisheries policy decisions

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 223-233

  Fenichel, E P ^a   Gentner, B ^b   Arlinghaus, R ^c  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b Gentner Consulting Group   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Objective function; Recreational fishing; Sport fishing; Weighted objective

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; SPORT FISHING;

EID: 84875056057     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2012.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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