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Computer Simulation Models for Fisheries Research, Management, and Teaching
Author(s) -
Paulik G. J.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1969)98[551:csmffr]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - computer science , agency (philosophy) , hierarchy , resource (disambiguation) , scale (ratio) , natural resource management , resource management (computing) , natural resource , fisheries management , simulation modeling , environmental resource management , management science , ecology , fishing , engineering , environmental science , geography , computer network , cartography , economics , market economy , biology , microeconomics , philosophy , epistemology
Recent and current activities involving large‐scale computer simulation models in fisheries science and related areas of applied ecology are reviewed. Selected general references to computer modeling and simulation as well as specific references in resource management and ecology are given. Two types of existing models are described—those developed for investigating benefits and cost of fishery management policies and those for studying fundamental properties of natural animal communities. Use of simulated resource management games as Link trainers to provide students with the type of learning experience that now requires several years in responsible management positions is discussed. It is predicted that the resource management agency of the future will maintain a hierarchy of simulation models to serve as basic planning tools for studying total system response to natural and artificial change.