
%0 Journal Article
%A Garcia, SM 
%T Stock-recruitment relationships and the precautionary approach to management of tropical shrimp fisheries
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1996/02/01
%V 47
%N 1
%P 43-58
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9960043
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9960043 
%X This paper examines the possibilities and implications of using precautionary management approaches to deal with the uncertainty regarding the stock-recruitment relationships in tropical shrimp fisheries. After a brief review of the stock-recruitment problem and related reference points in these fisheries, and in the precautionary approach in general, it proposes an empirical approach to the stock-recruitment relationship as a basis for the determination of safe and risky fishing mortality levels. It illustrates a management strategy based on the seasonal escapement of spawning biomass. Finally, it offers a discussion on the robustness of the empirical approach and on its validation using additional information. 
