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    • A flexible decision support tool for MSY-based MPA design 

      Dedman, Simon; Officer, Rick; Brophy, Deirdre; Clarke, Maurice; Reid, David G. (2016)
      ICES WGEF recommends that demersal elasmobranchs be managed using spatial proxies 11 for Maximum Sustainable Yield. Here we combine escapement biomass – the percentage of the stock which must be retained each year to ...
    • Modelling abundance hotspots for data-poor Irish sea rays 

      Dedman, Simon; Officer, Rick; Brophy, Deirdre; Clarke, Maurice; Reid, David G. (Elsevier, 2015)
      Skates and rays represent one of the most vulnerable components of fish communities in temperate demersal fisheries such as the Irish Sea. They also tend to be data poor in comparison to commercially exploited teleost fish. ...
    • Peterman's productivity method for estimating dynamic reference points in changing ecosystems 

      Silvar-Viladomiu, Paula; Minto, Cóilín; Brophy, Deirdre; Reid, David G. (Oxford University Press, 2022-03-15)
      Target and limit reference points are fundamental management components used to define sustainable harvest strategies. Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) and the precautionary principle underpin many reference points. Non-proxy ...