Harvest Optimization
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Blogger: Abigail Lynch, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and a CSIS member, blogs from Down Under -- she's in Australia to build a framework for her dissertation research. She's interested in developing a decision-support tool to regulate harvest management strategies for lake whitefish in a changing climate.
Harvest Optimization
July 6, 2011
Continuing optimal harvest allocation discussions with Chris Brown today, I’m beginning to see a faint glimmer of a potential application to me and my Great Lakes lake whitefish research. In what poses to potentially be a simpler approach than I was initially envisioning, Chris suggested trying to optimize harvest allocation across the lake whitefish management units for different climate scenarios given current harvest quotas. The study could compare the current management strategy catches in a suite of potential climate regimes to optimized scenarios using portfolio theory.
Now my big harvest opti
mization question for tonight is: do I have a Tim Tam and save my Milo for later or enjoy a Tim Tam Slam today?
Lynch's studies are supported by a William W. and Evelyn M. Taylor Endowed Fellowship for International Engagement in Coupled Human and Natural Systems, an International Studies and Programs Predissertation Award, an Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Summer Fellowship, a Graduate School Research Enhancement Award, and a travel award from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
