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Viability analysis of management frameworks for fisheries

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The pressure on marine renewable resources has rapidly increased over past decades. The resulting scarcity has led to a variety of different control and surveillance instruments. Often they have not improved the current situation, mainly due to institutional failure and intrinsic uncertainties about the state of stocks. This contribution presents an assessment of different management schemes with respect to predefined constraints by utilizing viability theory. Our analysis is based on a bio-economic model which is examined as a dynamic control system in continuous time. Feasible development paths are discussed in detail. It is shown that participatory management may lead to serious problems if a purely resource-based management strategy is employed. The analysis suggests that a less risky management strategy can be implemented if limited data are available.

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  1. Department of Integrated Systems Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegraphenberg C4, P.O. Box 601203, 14412, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

    Klaus Eisenack & Juergen Peter Kropp

  2. University of Illinois, ACDIS, 505 East Armory Ave, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA

    Juergen Scheffran

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Eisenack, K., Scheffran, J. & Kropp, J. Viability analysis of management frameworks for fisheries. Environ Model Assess 11, 69–79 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-005-9018-2

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