Title: A bioeconomic model applied to a small pelagic species along the Moroccan coast

Authors: Imane Agmour; Meriem Bentounsi; Naceur Achtaich; Youssef El Foutayeni

Addresses: Analysis, Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco ' Analysis, Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco ' Analysis, Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco ' Analysis, Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco

Abstract: This paper proposes a case study of five small pelagic species: Sardina pilchrdus, Sardinella, Engraulis encrasicolus, Scomber scombrus and Trachurus exploited by seiners in the maritime zones of Morocco. A comparison is made between the fishing effort calculated using the generalised Nash equilibrium problem and the actual fishing effort given by the National Institute of Fisheries Research. In this work, fishing effort represents the number of fishing trips that must be made by seiners and that allows them to maximise their gain taking into account the preservation of marine species. As a result, we find that master data of the National Institute of Fisheries Research support the outcomes shown in the end of this paper.

Keywords: bio-economic model; small pelagic species dynamics; fishing effort; linear complementarity problems; Nash equilibrium.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMMNO.2021.114479

International Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Optimisation, 2021 Vol.11 No.2, pp.103 - 122

Received: 11 Dec 2019
Accepted: 20 May 2020

Published online: 23 Apr 2021 *

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