Uncertainty and the active adaptive management of marine reserves

R. Quentin Grafton and Tom Kompas

Marine Policy, 2005, vol. 29, issue 5, 471-479

Abstract: Unpredictable environmental fluctuations are a major problem in fisheries. To mitigate these uncertainties, reserves are advocated to help ensure population persistence, reduce population and harvest variance, provide a 'hedge' against management failures and increase resilience. Using recent insights from the modelling of marine reserves, we propose a six-step process for establishing and adaptively managing reserves for fishery purposes.

Keywords: Marine; reserves; Uncertainty; Adaptive; management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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