Kevin Stokes
Wellington Management Company
13 Papers
59 Citations
Kevin Stokes is an academic researcher from Wellington Management Company. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fisheries management & European union. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 12 publications.
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Papers
When can marine reserves improve fisheries management
Ray Hilborn,Kevin Stokes,Jean Jacques Maguire,Tony Smith,Louis W. Botsford,Marc Mangel,Jose Maria Orensanz,Ana M. Parma,Jake Rice,Johann D. Bell,Kevern L. Cochrane,Serge M. Garcia,Stephen J. Hall,G. P. Kirkwood,Keith Sainsbury,Gunnar Stefansson,Carl J. Walters +16 more
TL;DR: Marine reserves are a promising tool for fisheries management and conservation of biodiversity, but they are not a panacea for fishery management problems as discussed by the authors, and their successful use requires a case-by-case understanding of the spatial structure of impacted fisheries, ecosystems and human communities.
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Coping with uncertainty in ecological advice: lessons from fisheries
John Harwood,Kevin Stokes +1 more
TL;DR: It is shown how the approach to quantifying uncertainties and risks associated with different outcomes of management can be quantified can be applied to a range of ecological problems where the advice that scientists provide to decision makers is likely to be clouded by uncertainty.
Defining Overfished Stocks: Have We Lost the Plot?
Ray Hilborn,Kevin Stokes +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that overfishing definitions and management targets are generally better based on levels of historical stock size rather than the growing trend to setting targets in relation to theoretical unfished stock sizes.
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A comparative review of fisheries management experiences in the European Union and in other countries worldwide: Iceland, Australia, and New Zealand
Paul Marchal,Jesper L. Andersen,Martin Aranda,Mike Fitzpatrick,Mike Fitzpatrick,Leyre Goti,Olivier Guyader,Gunnar Haraldsson,Aaron Hatcher,Troels Jacob Hegland,Pascal Le Floc'h,Claire Macher,Loretta Malvarosa,Christos D. Maravelias,Simon Mardle,Arantza Murillas,J. Rasmus Nielsen,Rosaria Felicita Sabatella,Anthony D. M. Smith,Kevin Stokes,Thomas Thoegersen,Clara Ulrich +21 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the details and performance of fisheries management between the EU and a selection of other countries worldwide: Iceland, New Zealand, and Australia, which are considered in many respects to be among the most advanced in the world in fisheries management.