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Stock-recruitment relationships and the precautionary approach to management of tropical shrimp fisheries

SM Garcia

Marine and Freshwater Research 47(1) 43 - 58
Published: 1996

Abstract

This paper examines the possibilities and implications of using precautionary management approaches to deal with the uncertainty regarding the stock-recruitment relationships in tropical shrimp fisheries. After a brief review of the stock-recruitment problem and related reference points in these fisheries, and in the precautionary approach in general, it proposes an empirical approach to the stock-recruitment relationship as a basis for the determination of safe and risky fishing mortality levels. It illustrates a management strategy based on the seasonal escapement of spawning biomass. Finally, it offers a discussion on the robustness of the empirical approach and on its validation using additional information.

https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9960043

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