The maximum economic yield management of an age-structured salmon population The maximum economic yield management of an age-structured salmon population

Abstract This chapter develops a sustainable economic yield harvesting model for the wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) where the population comprises different age classes. It is shown that the weight-fecundity relationship of the spawning population, comprising two age classes, is crucial for the...

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Main Author: Anders Skonhoft
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1035.6215
http://www.svt.ntnu.no/iso/WP/2011/10_maximum_economic.pdf
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Summary:Abstract This chapter develops a sustainable economic yield harvesting model for the wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) where the population comprises different age classes. It is shown that the weight-fecundity relationship of the spawning population, comprising two age classes, is crucial for the maximum sustainable yield fishing composition. In a next step the optimal selective fishing is replaced by an optimal non-selective fishing pattern, and the discrepancy between these two schemes is analyzed.