Authors
Éva E Plagányi, Rebecca A Rademeyer, Doug S Butterworth, Carryn L Cunningham, Susan J Johnston
Publication date
2007/5/1
Journal
ICES Journal of Marine Science
Volume
64
Issue
4
Pages
626-632
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Plagányi, É. E., Rademeyer, R. A., Butterworth, D. S., Cunningham, C. L., and Johnston, S. J. 2007. Making management procedures operational — innovations implemented in South Africa. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64: 626–632.
Operational management procedures (OMPs) have become an indispensable fisheries management tool in South Africa in light of their ability to consider the consequences of the main sources of assessment uncertainty. An overview is provided of the MP approaches applied to the major South African fisheries for hake, sardine and anchovy, and west coast rock lobster. As these are among the first OMPs to be implemented worldwide, some for periods longer than 10 y, they provide useful examples of some of the successes and problems encountered with the approach. Particular emphasis is given to some recent innovations and adaptations. These …Total citations
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