Multiple management objectives within a mixed prawn fishery : which win-win-win situations?

Fisheries management must address multiple, often conflicting objectives in a highly uncertain context. While the bio-economic performance of trawl fisheries faces high levels of biological and economic uncertainty, the impact of trawling on broader biodiversity is also a major concern for their management. The purpose of this study is to propose a model-based framework to formally assess the trade-offs associated with balancing biological, economic and non-target species conservation objectives in a mixed fishery. This framework is applied to the Australian Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF). We apply a stochastic co-viability framework of analysis to a multi-species bio-economic model of the NPF considering multiple management objectives. In particular, we consider the implications of including a formal non-target species conservation constraint. Results show that, due to the variability in the interactions between the fishery and the ecosystem, current management strategies present biological and economic risks. The trade-offs associated with respecting at each point in time biological, economic and non-target species conservation constraints with high probability and maximizing the net present value of the fishery are quantified.

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Gourguet Sophie, Thebaud Olivier, Jennings Sarah, Little Rich, Dichmont Cathy, Pascoe Sean, Doyen Luc (2015). Multiple management objectives within a mixed prawn fishery : which win-win-win situations?. Actes de colloque ICES ASC 2015. ICES 2015/ M:08. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00299/41070/

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