A bio-economic application to the Cape Rock Lobster resource using a delay difference modelling approach

  • E Roos Department of Applied Mathematics, Stellenbosch University

Abstract

In many species, like the Cape Rock Lobster (Jasus lalandii), the life cycles of males and females differ. This may motivate the use of two-sex models in a stock-assessment analysis. It is also true for this resource, that juveniles do not reach sexual maturity immediately. Therefore a delay-difference model is appropriate. In this study we follow a bio-economic approach and use a two-sex delay-difference model to determine a maximum economic yield strategy. Thus we determine an economic optimum steady state solution at which to harvest this resource subject to the biological constraints of the species.

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Published
2004-06-01
Section
Research Articles