Quantitative Decision Analysis for Sport Fisheries Management
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Fisheries
- Vol. 28 (1) , 10-21
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8446(2003)28[10:qdafsf]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Fisheries managers often are faced with difficult decisions on how to satisfy needs of the public while maintaining or restoring important sport fisheries. Such decisions are fraught with complexity and uncertainty associated with both ecological systems and multiple management objectives and alternatives under consideration. Quantitative decision analysis provides a means to formalize these complexities into a framework consisting of probabilistic relationships among management actions, sources of uncertainty, and management outcomes. We present an example of quantitative decision analysis for managing largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in West Point Reservoir, Georgia. We developed the decision model to choose among four length limit alternatives: no minimum, 305-mm, 356-mm, and 406-mm minimum total length limits. The model consisted of population dynamics components from published studies, estimates of future reservoir trophic status, and a composite angler satisfaction score. The model i...Keywords
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