Bioeconomic Modelling of Marine Reserves

澳大利亚水域拥有大量的生物多样性，但正受到人类活动的威胁。为了面对这一挑战并解决渔业枯竭和生境破坏的问题，需要创新的方法将海洋生物学与渔业经济学结合起来。该研究通过开发海洋保护区的生物经济模型来确定保护区的位置和规模，并分析环境不确定性下保护区与采伐区之间的相互作用，满足了这一迫切需求。这些模型将利用经济学、生物学和数值方法的最新发展来开发，并将用于保护澳大利亚的海洋生物多样性和改善渔业管理。

Australian waters contain a huge range of biodiversity, but are under threat from human activities. To face this challenge and resolve the problems of depleted fisheries and habitat destruction, innovative approaches are required to integrate marine biology with fisheries economics. The research meets this immediate need by developing bioeconomic models of marine reserves to determine reserve location and size, and analyse interactions between reserves and harvested areas under environmental uncertainty. The models will be developed using the latest developments in economics, biology and numerical methods and will be used to conserve Australia's marine biodiversity and improve fisheries management.