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Flexibility of joint production in mixed fisheries and implications for management
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Briton, F and Thebaud, O and Macher, C and Gardner, C and Little, LR, Flexibility of joint production in mixed fisheries and implications for management, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78, (5) pp. 1599-1613. ISSN 1054-3139 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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© International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 2021. This article is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
DOI: doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsab057
Abstract
Over the past decade, efforts have been made to factor technical interactions into management recommendations for mixed fisheries. Yet, the dynamics underlying joint production in mixed fisheries are generally poorly captured in operational mixed fisheries models supporting total allowable catch advice. Using an integrated ecological-economic simulation model, we explore the extent to which fishers are likely to alter the species composition of their landings in a mixed fishery managed with individual transferable quotas, the Australian Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery. Our simulations capture three different types of joint production problems, highlighting the flexibility that exists in terms of achievable catch compositions when quota markets provide the economic incentives to adapt fishing practices to quota availability. These results highlight the importance of capturing the drivers of fishing choices when advising TAC decisions in mixed fisheries. We also identify a hierarchy of species in this fishery, with harvest targets set for primary commercial species determining most of its socio-economic performance.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | fishing behaviour, ITQ, joint production, mixed fisheries, Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery, TAC advice |
| Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
| Research Group: | Fisheries sciences |
| Research Field: | Fisheries management |
| Objective Division: | Animal Production and Animal Primary Products |
| Objective Group: | Fisheries - wild caught |
| Objective Field: | Fisheries - recreational marine |
| UTAS Author: | Briton, F (Dr Florence Briton) |
| UTAS Author: | Gardner, C (Professor Caleb Gardner) |
| ID Code: | 151333 |
| Year Published: | 2021 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 3 |
| Deposited By: | Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| Deposited On: | 2022-07-27 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-08-25 |
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