Which design elements of individual quota fisheries help to achieve management objectives?

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 126-142

  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   Smith, Anthony D M ^g  

^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 INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC HALIBUT COMMISSION   (United States)

^f CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; ITQ; Marine conservation; Maximum sustainable yield; Property rights; Random forests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATCH STATISTICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; DESIGN; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; META-ANALYSIS; PROPERTY RIGHTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84965165169     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12094     Document Type: Article

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