TY - JOUR
T1 - FLR: an open-source framework for the evaluation and development of management strategies
AU - Kell, L.T.
AU - Mosqueira, I.
AU - Grosjean, P.
AU - Fromentin, J.M.
AU - Garcia, D.
AU - Hillary, R.
AU - Jardim, E.
AU - Mardle, S.
AU - Pastoors, M.A.
AU - Poos, J.J.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The FLR framework (Fisheries Library for R) is a development effort directed towards the evaluation of fisheries management strategies. The overall goal is to develop a common framework to facilitate collaboration within and across disciplines (e.g. biological, ecological, statistical, mathematical, economic, and social) and, in particular, to ensure that new modelling methods and software are more easily validated and evaluated, as well as becoming widely available once developed. Specifically, the framework details how to implement and link a variety of fishery, biological, and economic software packages so that alternative management strategies and procedures can be evaluated for their robustness to uncertainty before implementation. The design of the framework, including the adoption of object-orientated programming, its feasibility to be extended to new processes, and its application to new management approaches (e.g. ecosystem affects of fishing), is discussed. The importance of open source for promoting transparency and allowing technology transfer between disciplines and researchers is stressed.
AB - The FLR framework (Fisheries Library for R) is a development effort directed towards the evaluation of fisheries management strategies. The overall goal is to develop a common framework to facilitate collaboration within and across disciplines (e.g. biological, ecological, statistical, mathematical, economic, and social) and, in particular, to ensure that new modelling methods and software are more easily validated and evaluated, as well as becoming widely available once developed. Specifically, the framework details how to implement and link a variety of fishery, biological, and economic software packages so that alternative management strategies and procedures can be evaluated for their robustness to uncertainty before implementation. The design of the framework, including the adoption of object-orientated programming, its feasibility to be extended to new processes, and its application to new management approaches (e.g. ecosystem affects of fishing), is discussed. The importance of open source for promoting transparency and allowing technology transfer between disciplines and researchers is stressed.
KW - african pelagic fishery
KW - ices roundfish stocks
KW - ecosystem objectives
KW - world fisheries
KW - model
KW - sustainability
KW - experiences
KW - rates
KW - risk
U2 - 10.1093/icesjms/fsm012
DO - 10.1093/icesjms/fsm012
M3 - Article
SN - 1054-3139
VL - 64
SP - 640
EP - 646
JO - ICES Journal of Marine Science
JF - ICES Journal of Marine Science
IS - 4
ER -