Economically Optimal Management Strategies for the South Georgia Patagonian Toothfish Fishery

• Published in: Marine Resource Economics
• Main Authors: Hoshino, E, Hillary, R, Pearce, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Rhode Island 2010
• Subjects: Economics; Applied Economics; Environment and Resource Economics; Schaefer; Southern Ocean; Patagonian Toothfish
• Online Access: http://mre.cels.uri.edu/; https://doi.org/10.5950/0738-1360-25.3.265; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/68051

The fishery for Patagonian toothfish around the island of South Georgia in the Southern Ocean is a profitable operation targeting a high-value, slow-growing species. We substituted the complex Bayesian age-structured model currently used for assessments with a Schaefer production model, which perfor...