@article{fdi:010035764, title = {{O}ptimal spatial distribution of the fishing effort in a multi fishing zone model}, author = {{M}c {H}ich, {R}. and {C}harouki, {N}. and {A}uger, {P}ierre and {R}aissi, {N}. and {E}ttahiri, {O}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his work presents a stock-effort dynamical model of a fishery subdivided on several fishing zones. {T}he stock corresponds to a fish population moving between different zones, on which they are harvested by fishing fleets. {T}he bio-economical model is a set of {ODE}'s governing the fishing efforts and the stocks on the different fishing zones. {W}e take profit from the existence of two time scales (a fast one for fish migration and fleets movements, and a slow one for fish growth and mortality and fleets revenue) to construct a reduced (aggregated) model. {T}he aggregated model describes the global evolution of the harvested stock as well as the total fishing effort. {T}he mathematical analysis of the model allows the optimization of the spatial distribution of the fishing effort and the identification of an efficient set of management measures, which corresponds in one hand to set an appropriate system of tax and/or subsidies, and on the other hand to control the displacement of the fleets between the fishing zones, in order to increase the total activity. (c) 2006 {E}lsevier {B}.{V} {A}ll rights reserved.}, keywords = {fishery model ; aggregation of variables ; optimal spatial distribution of fishing effort ; {M}anagement measures}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}cological {M}odelling}, volume = {197}, numero = {3-4}, pages = {274--280}, ISSN = {0304-3800}, year = {2006}, DOI = {10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.03.026}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010035764}, }