Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE190101416

Funded Activity Summary

The value of model complexity for fisheries management. This project aims to quantify the benefits of using dynamic multi-species models for harvest decisions in the fishing industry. More than 99.8 per cent of fisheries are assessed using single-species models. Since fishers harvest multiple interacting species, not considering these interactions can lead to negative outcomes that reduce food security, eliminate human livelihoods, decrease economic production, and harm the environment. The project is expected to provide guidance for fisheries scientists on when to use multi-species models for management, improved decision making capacity to reduce the risk of fishery collapse, a new method for dynamic model validation in the face of limited data, and enhanced collaboration between modellers and applied agencies. By reducing the risk of ecosystem collapse through better use of complex and simple models. The project will provide major benefits for the environment, humans, and the economy, at national and global scales.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-07-2019

End Date: 30-06-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $329,538.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Mathematics | Natural Resource Management | Applied Mathematics | Operations Research |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments

Other Keywords

Applied Mathematics | Biological Mathematics | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences | Natural Resource Management | Operations Research

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