Implications of uncertainty for Canada’s commercial hunt of harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus)

Abstract The Canadian government's current management procedure for harp seals is described by Fisheries and Oceans Canada as using the Precautionary Approach. Employing a similar underlying population model, we simulated the effects of uncertainty involving bias in estimates of human induced m...

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Published in:Nature Precedings
Main Authors: Leaper, Russell, Matthews, Justin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2008
Subjects:
Psychiatry and Mental health
Canada
Tac
Harp Seal
Pagophilus groenlandicus
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2008.1798.1
http://www.nature.com/articles/npre.2008.1798.1.pdf
http://www.nature.com/articles/npre.2008.1798.1

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