Operations Research and Management in Fishing, 1990
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Operations Research and Management in Fishing Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal March 25-April 7, 1990
NATO Science Series E: Series, Vol. 189

Over eleven years have passed since the last NATO sponsored meeting on Fishing which took the form of a Conference held in Trondheim in 1979. The proceedings contained in this book consist of papers presented in support of an Advanced Study Institute on Operations Research and Management in Fishing held at P6voa de Varzim, Portugal from March 25 to April 7 1990. It was originally intended to use the five themes, Production Functions and Management; Marine Fish Stocks; Fisheries Models; Fish Farming and Miscellaneous. There were no contributions on Fish Processing and the Fish Farming papers were not original. It was also decided to group the papers on Fisheries Models and Marine Fish Stocks together which means the proceedings has four headings: - Opening Session - Production Functions and Management - Marine Fish Stocks and Fisheries Models - Miscellaneous The contributions give a broad and complete overview of historical approaches and of recent trends on research in different sectors of fisheries. Criteria for quota distribution and schemes based on conclusions drawn from models and methods are presented. Surveillance methods are described in relation to species conservation and catch improvement. Different levels of regulatory enforcement are discussed and the implications of new technologies are introduced. Applications of Expert Systems to stock assessment and efficiency improvement in field sampling are presented. Models for fleet dispatch planning and fleet structure appraisal are introduced and procedures for operational capacity evaluation of fishery harbours are considered.

I - Opening Session.- Operational Research and Management in Fishing.- II - Production Functions and Management.- Strategic Management in the Fisheries Sector.- Simple Models for Preliminary Diagnostic Analysis of The Tactical Level Fleet Planning Problem.- Dispatching Fishing Trawlers to Meet Defined Tactical Requirements.- A Hierarchical Planning Structure for An Integrated Fishing Enterprise; A Tactical Level Linear Programming Model.- A Decision Support Model for Coastal Fishery Planning: Optimal Capacity Expansion and Harvest Management.- Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to the Development of a Monitoring Program for a Recreational Fishery.- III - Marine Fish Stocks and Fisheries Models.- Fishing With Costly Management.- Are Stable TAC’s Desireable?.- A Numerical Model of the Icelandic Demersal Fisheries.- A Review of Past and Present Modelling of Tropical Tuna Fishing in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.- On Random Catch and Fixed Capacity.- A Bioeconomic Analysis of North Sea Herring.- Total Factor Productivity Growth in Norwegian Fish Processing Plants.- Fleet Structures Model: A Strategic Fishing Fleet Management Policy Appraisal Model.- Some Findings on the Valuation of Fishing Success in a Multiple-Site Travel Cost Model.- IV - Miscellaneous.- Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing to Fisheries.- Fishery Harbour Operations: Defining Capacity of a Landing Quay.- The Expert Support System as a Tool in Fishery Stock Assessment and Management.- Is Poverty in Fishing Communities Attributable to the Tragedy of The Commons?.- Defining a Vessel’s Size and Estimating its Cost.- Author Index.- Lecturers.- Participants.