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Selectivity, Pulse Fishing and Endogenous Lifespan in Beverton-Holt Models

2012; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 54; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s10640-012-9585-z

1573-1502

José-María Da Rocha, Marı́a-José Gutiérrez, Luís T. Antelo,

Economic Growth and Productivity

Optimal management in a multi-cohort Beverton-Holt model with any number of age classes and imperfect selectivity is equivalent to finding the optimal fish lifespan by chosen fallow cycles. Optimal policy differs in two main ways from the optimal lifespan rule with perfect selectivity. First, weight gain is valued in terms of the whole population structure. Second, the cost of waiting is the interest rate adjusted for the increase in the pulse length. This point is especially relevant for assessing the role of selectivity. Imperfect selectivity reduces the optimal lifespan and the optimal pulse length. We illustrate our theoretical findings with a numerical example. Results obtained using global numerical methods select the optimal pulse length predicted by the optimal lifespan rule.