An explicit solution for calculating optimum spawning stock size from Ricker’s stock recruitment model

Stock-recruitment models have been used for decades in fisheries management as a means of formalizing the expected number of offspring that recruit to a fishery based on the number of parents. In particular, Ricker’s stock recruitment model is widely used due to its flexibility and ease with which t...

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Main Author: Mark D. Scheuerell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-01-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
MSY
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1623.pdf