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<DIV><A href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118545752/home">Ecology
Letters</A></DIV>
<DIV class=volIss><STRONG><A
href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122209288/issue">Volume 12
Issue 3</A>, Pages E9 - E11</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=pubOnline><STRONG>Published Online:
</STRONG>22 Dec 2008</DIV>
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<DIV class=pubOnline><FONT size=4>Marine reserve effects on fishery profits: a
comment on </FONT><A
href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121581359/abstract#b13"><FONT
color=#336699 size=4>White <SPAN class=i><EM>et al.</EM></SPAN>
(2008)</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV class=author-info><SPAN class=name><SPAN class=forenames>Deborah R.</SPAN>
<SPAN class=surname>Hart</SPAN> <SUP><NOBR>1*</NOBR></SUP> </SPAN>and <SPAN
class=name><SPAN class=forenames>Michael P.</SPAN> <SPAN
class=surname>Sissenwine</SPAN> <SUP><NOBR>2</NOBR></SUP> </SPAN>
<DIV class=addresses><SPAN class=address><A class=invisible-anchor name=a1><FONT
color=#336699> </FONT></A><SPAN id=a1> <SPAN
class=number><SUP><NOBR>1</NOBR></SUP> </SPAN>Northeast Fisheries Science
Center, 166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA</SPAN> <BR><A
class=invisible-anchor name=a2><FONT color=#336699> </FONT></A><SPAN id=a2>
<SPAN class=number><SUP><NOBR>2</NOBR></SUP> </SPAN>Marine Policy Center, Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA</SPAN> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=correspondence-address><SPAN
class=correspondence-label>Correspondence to </SPAN><A class=invisible-anchor
name=c1><FONT color=#336699> </FONT></A><SPAN id=c1> <SPAN
class=number>*</SPAN>E-mail:<A class=externallink
href="mailto:deborah.hart@noaa.gov"><FONT
color=#336699>deborah.hart@noaa.gov</FONT></A></SPAN> </DIV></DIV>
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<H1 class=abstract-title id=h1><FONT size=3>ABSTRACT</FONT></H1></DIV>
<P class=para>A recent study (<A
href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121581359/abstract#b13"><FONT
color=#336699>White <SPAN class=i><EM>et al.</EM></SPAN> 2008</FONT></A>)
claimed that fishery profits will often be higher with management that employs
no-take marine reserves than conventional fisheries management alone. However,
this conclusion was based on the erroneous assumption that all landed fish have
equal value regardless of size, and questionable assumptions regarding
density-dependence. Examination of an age-structured version of the <A
href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121581359/abstract#b13"><FONT
color=#336699>White <SPAN class=i><EM>et al.</EM></SPAN> (2008)</FONT></A>
model demonstrates that their results are not robust to these assumptions.
Models with more realistic assumptions generally do not indicate increased
fishery yield or profits from marine reserves except for overfished
stocks.</P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>