Published article

Joint management of marine mammals and a fish species: The case of cod and grey seals in the Nordic-Baltic Sea countries, Natural Resource Modeling, e12341


Authors: Johan Blomquist  Frank Jensen  Staffan Waldo  Ola Flaaten  Maija K. Holma 


In this paper, we present a simple theoretical, steady-state equilibrium, predator-prey model for the joint management of marine mammals and a fish species. As an empirical case, we choose cod and grey seals in the Nordic-Baltic Sea countries, and several benefits and costs related to the latter are considered. We show that the optimal grey seal population is much lower than the actual population, and this result is robust to variations in relevant parameter values. This result can be explained by the fact that the profit from harvesting cod is much higher than the net benefits from grey seals.

Authors:


Johan Blomquist

Frank Jensen


Staffan Waldo

Ola Flaaten

Maija K. Holma