Complex assessments or simple management procedures for efficient fisheries management: a comparative study

• Main Authors: Geromont, Helena F, Butterworth, Doug S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2015
• Subjects: complex assessments; empirical management procedures; hindsight/forecast projections; management performance; retrospective comparison; Tac; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17773; http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/02/25/icesjms.fsu017; https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/17773/1/Geromont_Complex_assessments_or_2015.pdf

Complex stock assessment methods are data- and expertise-hungry, with the annual updates of catch-at-age data and models typically seen as an essential requirement for sound management. But are the heavy commitments of resources required for this level of annual intervention really necessary to achi...