Why shouldn't I collect more data? Reconciling disagreements between intuition and value of information analyses

MH Holden, MD Akinlotan, AD Binley… - Methods in Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Value of information (VoI) analysis is a method for quantifying how additional information
may improve management decisions, with applications ranging from conservation to …

The forecast trap

C Boettiger - Ecology Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Encouraged by decision makers' appetite for future information on topics ranging from
elections to pandemics, and enabled by the explosion of data and computational methods …

[HTML][HTML] Harvesting selectivity and stochastic recruitment in economic models of age-structured fisheries

O Tahvonen, MF Quaas, R Voss - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
We develop the age-structured fishery model by including endogenous harvesting selectivity
and stochastic recruitment, as a growing body of fishery ecological evidence suggests these …

Adaptive management of ecological systems under partial observability

M Memarzadeh, C Boettiger - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Adaptive management has a long history in ecology and conservation. Uncertainty in both
the state of a system and the model defining its dynamics are fundamental challenges in …

Sustainable strategies for harvesting predators and prey in a fluctuating environment

E Bellier, BE Sæther, S Engen - Ecological Modelling, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of harvest and fluctuating environment on inter-dependent predators and prey
are complex and not well-known. We define a stochastic model where the predators and …

[HTML][HTML] A nonautonomous Beverton–Holt equation of higher order

M Bohner, FM Dannan, S Streipert - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we discuss a certain nonautonomous Beverton–Holt equation of higher order.
After a brief introduction to the classical Beverton–Holt equation and recent results, we solve …

Human judgment vs. quantitative models for the management of ecological resources

MH Holden, SP Ellner - Ecological applications, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite major advances in quantitative approaches to natural resource management, there
has been resistance to using these tools in the actual practice of managing ecological …

CAPACITY UTILIZATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY

YJJ Duplan, PR Chim - Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2024 - JSTOR
This paper emphasizes on capacity utilization, highlighting the uncertain transition from
unutilized to utilized capacity as a critical aspect of the fishing process. Our approach …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonality matters: A multi-season, multi-state dynamic optimization in fisheries

Y Ni, LK Sandal - European Journal of Operational Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Many biological and economic processes in fisheries occur seasonally though most of the
extant literature tends to neglect periodicity. This work is an attempt to treat seasonality in a …

Incorporating economics into fishery policies: Develo** integrated ecological-economics harvest control rules

R Rosa, T Costa, RP Mota - Ecological Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the efforts of management authorities, several fish stocks continue to be harvested
at unsustainable levels. While integrating economics into catch advice has been identified …