Evaluating Fisheries Management Models by Simulated Adaptive Control — Introducing the Composite Model

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  • DFDavid A. Fournier
    David A. Fournier
  • AWA. R. Warburton
    A. R. Warburton
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Abstract
This paper uses the technique of simulated adaptive control to provide a method for comparing the performance of different fisheries management models. The management model is evaluated not in isolation, but rather as part of an integrated fisheries management system which includes the simulated population dynamics of the exploited fish, the simulated fishery, the fishery management policy formulation process, and the analysis of the simulated fisheries data. The technique is used to compare a simple biomass dynamic based model introduced by Ludwig and Hilborn with a more complicated length-based model developed by Fournier and Doonan. A composite model which combines the biomass dynamic based model with the length-based model was also evaluated. The composite model performed better than either of its component models.

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