Table 2:
Effects of habitat loss on biophysical models, price, and catchability.
Stock
Effort
Harvest
Biophysical models
(Cases 1–4)
OA
0
−
−
MEY
−*
−
−
Catchability (Case 5)
(
)
OA
+
+
+
MEY
+
+
−
Catchability (Case 5)
(
)
OA
+
−
−
MEY
+
−
−
Price (Case 6)
OA
+
−
−
MEY
+
−
−
*An exception to this is Case 2 in which growth is a function of habitat,
r(H)
, where the steady-state MEY stock is independent of habitat.