Quantifying the tradeoff between precaution and yield in fishery reference points

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 591-603

  Hart, Deborah R ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

fishery reference points; marine protected areas; MSY; Placopecten magellanicus; risk assessment; scallop; stochastic model

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING MORTALITY; MARINE PARK; MOLLUSC CULTURE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OVERFISHING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RISK FACTOR; STOCHASTICITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TRADE-OFF;

PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 84876375678     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss204     Document Type: Article

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