Science guidance for fisheries protection policy : advice on equivalent adult calculation.: Fs70-6/2015-011E-PDF

Equivalent adults and production foregone are methods to scale losses or alterations of certain types of fish habitat in terms of impacts to fishery productivity and are potentially useful for setting decision guidelines or communicating decision rationale to affected parties. Additional work is needed to determine how accurate and precise the metrics could be, establish guidelines for their use and set risk tolerances based on uncertainty.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.
Title Science guidance for fisheries protection policy : advice on equivalent adult calculation.
Variant title Advice on equivalent adult calculation
Series title Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat science advisory report, 1919-5087 ; 2015/011, National Capital Region
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Orientations scientifiques relatives à la politique sur la protection des pêches, avis sur le calcul des équivalents adultes.
"May 2015."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 11).
Publishing information Ottawa : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2015.
Description 12 p. : fig., graphs, maps.
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-6/2015-011E-PDF
Subject terms Fisheries resources
Fish
Fisheries management
Fisheries policy
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