Designing a Cost-Effective Marine Reserve Network: A Bioeconomic Metapopulation Analysis
| dc.creator | Sanchirico, James N. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T14:05:17Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T02:59:19Z | |
| dc.description | Marine reserves are gaining attention around the world as a tool to both conserve ocean resources and improve the productivity of fisheries. Using simulation analysis, we investigate in a limited-entry fishery comprising nine subpopulations the inherent bioeconomic trade-offs associated with cost-effective designs of marine reserve networks' that is, the trade-offs between the degree of connectedness of a site and the biological and economic heterogeneity. We find in many cases that closing two low-value patches can result in larger biological gains and lower costs than closing one high-value patch. We also simulate biological productivity effects after creation of a reserve and find that under special conditions, aggregate sustainable rents are maximized with the closing of a portion of the fishable habitat. Finally, we find that the biological gains of implementing a more rationalized management system can outweigh the gains from closing multiple subpopulations under open access. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.10624 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/10624/files/dp020069.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/10624 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/524296 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/10624 | |
| dc.title | Designing a Cost-Effective Marine Reserve Network: A Bioeconomic Metapopulation Analysis | |
| dc.type | Text |