ABSTRACT
The professional biases incorporated into a review of fisheries and ecological models in fisheries resource management by LackeyRobert T. are in large part, attributable to his orientation toward recreational fisheries as found in North America. Models in fisheries management can be categorized into families that include one or more fisheries components. Biological models include classical fish population dynamics models and models of single and multiple-population systems. Computer modeling in fisheries management can be justified in many ways, some of which result in benefit/cost ratios greater than unity and others that do not. The potential benefits of mathematical modeling are not universally accepted among professional fisheries scientists. Fisheries management is a very pragmatic discipline and the results of research efforts are generally expected to improve management decisions. All too often researchers have failed to bridge the gap between their work and the decision-making process.
