Modelling the economic consequences of Marine Protected Areas using the BEMCOM model

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 305-323

  Hoff, A ^a   Andersen, J L ^a   Christensen, A ^b   Mosegaard, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Economic consequences; Effort allocation; Marine Protected Areas; Optimisation model; Sandeel fishery

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; PROTECTED AREA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84883656444     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-012-9135-3     Document Type: Article

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