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Operational Research, 40:22-31.
A management plan of continuous production is specified and optimized.
An optimal control framework is used to solve for the decision variables. An
economic interpretation of the optimality conditions is provided. The model
is applied to the management of a shrimp pond. Results for different runs of
the model are given and discussed.
Sage Associates, Inc. (1981). Economic Assessment of the U.S. Shrimp
Industry with Associated Public Policy Recommendations.
Washington, D.C.
This report contests the overcapitalization argument for the Gulf of
Mexico and south Atlantic shrimp fishing fleet. It argues that a tariff and
quota on shrimp imports would be economically efficient and have little impact
on retail shrimp prices.
Saila, S.B. (1983). "Importance and Assessment of Discards in
Commercial Fisheries." Fisheries Circular 765, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, October.
A review is made of the magnitude of the discarded catches from the
major fisheries. Wide seasonal, geographic and gear-related variations were
found in the discarded catch. Some simple field survey procedures for discard
estimation are suggested. The probable biological consequences of discards
are assessed on the basis of available information and suggestions for further
studies are made. Some specific sampling and estimation methods applicable to
the discard problem are suggested and some examples are provided.
Saila, S.B., Robert Francis, and Terrance Quinn (1990). "Report of the
1990 Swordfish Review Panel." Swordfish Review Panel Report,
South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council, Charleston, South
Carolina, June, 17 pp.
The panel reviewed the biological basis for proposed management measures
by three Councils. The panel recommends that the Atlantic swordfish
population should be managed under a risk-averse constant harvest rate policy
that sets acceptable biological catch to the product of the constant harvest
rate, based on F 0.1 and the current exploitable biomass. The Atlantic
swordfish population should be rebuilt to the 1978 level as soon as
practically possible.
Saila, S.B., E. Lorda, and H.A. Walker (1985). "The Analysis of
Parameter Error Propagation in Simple Fishery Models." Marine
Resource Economics, 1(3):235-246.
Methodology to analyze the propagation of errors in fishery model
parameters is described and demonstrated through its application to stock size
estimates obtained using Pope's cohort analysis. The method requires that
independent standard errors for model parameters be available and its is based
upon a formal analysis of how uncertainties propagate through model
calculations.
In certain cases the methodology described can be used instead of a
numerical sensitivity analysis to investigate the model responses to error or
uncertainty in its parameters. The ability to assess the relative merits of
increased precision in various parameter estimates is considered especially
useful.
Saila, S.B., H.A. Walker, E. Lorda, J.Kelly, and M. Prager (1982).
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