Comment on “Towards a precautionary approach to managing Canada's commercial harp seal hunt” by Leaper et al. | Zendy

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Comment on “Towards a precautionary approach to managing Canada's commercial harp seal hunt” by Leaper et al.

Author(s) -

Michael O. Hammill,

Garry B. Stenson

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

ices journal of marine science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1095-9289

pISSN - 1054-3139

DOI - 10.1093/icesjms/fsp296

Subject(s) - harp , seal (emblem) , population , fishery , government (linguistics) , fur seal , business , operations research , geography , operations management , engineering , history , demography , archaeology , biology , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , art history

Hammill, M. O., and Stenson, G. B. 2010. Comment on “Towards a precautionary approach to managing Canada's commercial harp seal hunt” by Leaper et al. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 67: 321–322. The Objective-Based Fisheries Management used by Canada to manage the Northwest Atlantic seal hunt conforms to United Nations and Canadian Government precautionary approach frameworks in its structure and industry involvement. Managers and industry use clearly identified thresholds and harvest control rules to adjust quotas to respect the management framework. Although simulation testing is needed to evaluate management model performance under additional sources of uncertainty, this approach has successfully maintained the harp seal population at or near the highest level ever seen, during a period of intensive hunting.

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