Optimal Harvesting of Farmed Fish

This paper analyzes the optimal harvesting of farmed fish. A biological model for a yearclass of fish is specified. Output price and costs are added to constitute a bioeconomic model. The effects of economic and biological parameters on optimal harvesting are analyzed. Examples of optimal harvesting...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bjorndal, Trond
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
Environmental Economics and Policy
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
Turbot
Online Access:http://purl.umn.edu/48453
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Summary:This paper analyzes the optimal harvesting of farmed fish. A biological model for a yearclass of fish is specified. Output price and costs are added to constitute a bioeconomic model. The effects of economic and biological parameters on optimal harvesting are analyzed. Examples of optimal harvesting for salmon and turbot are given.

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