Combining stock, multispecies, and ecosystem level fishery objectives within an operational management procedure: Simulations to start the conversation

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 552-565

  Gaichas, Sarah K ^a   Fogarty, Michael ^a   Fay, Gavin ^b   Gamble, Robert ^a   Lucey, Sean ^a   Smith, Laurel ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Georges Bank; management strategy evaluation; multifleet fisheries; multispecies fisheries; simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; MULTIPLE USE; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; OVERFISHING; SPAWNING POPULATION; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 85019077300     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsw119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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