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2022
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
AWI Discussion Paper Series No. 720
Verlag: 
University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics, Heidelberg
Zusammenfassung: 
The Nile perch fishery of Lake Victoria is regulated with a slot size and with restrictions on legal gear sizes. This study provides an assessment of the effectiveness of the the slot size regulation by simulating the Nile perch fishery with a size structured population model where the size preference of the fishery is an input into the model. The model is compared to the size structure of the Nile perch population from three empirical surveys to find agreement between the model, the bottom-trawl and the catch assessment survey, while the hydroacoustic survey predicts a different population structure. The empirical fishing mortality is 2.0% above the value that produces the maximum sustainable yield, given the empirical fishing fleet selectivity. Next to the actual fleet selectivity, three alternatives are simulated to quantify the effect of the selectivity. We find that the annual yield could be increased by 17.7% by sparing fish below 50cm.
Schlagwörter: 
Nile perch
size-structured population model
maximum sustainable yield
fleet selectivity
slot size
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