Acronym BMAME
Category
Fisheries
Title Bioeconomic multispecies analysis of marine ecosystems Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Leif Kristoffer Sandal Coordinator email LEIF.SANDAL@NHH.NO
Coordinator institution
SNF - Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2010 End year 2013 Funding (€) € NA Website NA Summary The project covers topics that are both of theoretical and applied interest and cover several subprograms within the purview of the program Havet og kysten. We believe there is an urgent need for applied research regarding utilization of marine ecosystems with emphasis on decision modelling of total allowable catches (TACs) in a broad multispecies context. This investigation will focus on strategies for optimal and simultaneous decisions concerning capelin, herring and cod in the Barents Sea, one of the most productive ocean areas in the world. The ecosystem is highly dynamic and volatile. The modelling of a top-down and multidimensional bioeconomic decision process may be used to produce economic sound and informational efficient management strategies ensuring long term sustainability. Due to the level of aggregation the resulting feedback policies should be validated by more detailed biological ecosystem models which, by themselves, lack the ability to determine optimal policies. The modelling and integration of such a two-stage process need multidisciplinary collaboration and will provide opportunities for novel research of cutting-edge academic quality beyond the Ph.D. level. A successful outcome of the proposed project will develop basic as well as app lied scientific results in the fields of bioeconomics and fishery research, numerical modelling of multidimensional stochastic bioprocesses, and operational research and management science.
Keywords
Economy;
Herring;
Fish;
Cod;
Fisheries management;
Marine Region
42
Barents Sea (27.I)
1
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