New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Letters to the Editor: Fisheries science now and in the future: a personal view

MALCOLM HADDON

Department of Zoology
University of Otago
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin
New Zealand

Abstract Francis (1980) has argued against the adequacy of the assumptions which are the basis of the main mathematical models used in modern fisheries science. He states that because these models are also inadequate, fisheries scientists have failed to provide long-term successful management decisions. Francis's arguments up to that point are valid and quite acceptable, but when he goes on to assert that because of such failures modern scientific methodology is bankrupt, the argument becomes invalid and hence unacceptable; the assertion simply does not follow from his premises.

New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 1980, 14(4): 447-449 Received 18 August 1980

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