The Evolution of the Maine Lobster V-Notch Practice:Cooperation in a Prisoner's Dilemma Game

Ecology and Society: a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability

Acheson, James¹ 

关键词: collective action;    evolutionary game theory;    lobster;    Maine;    prisoner's dilemma;    V-notch program;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-04004-160141

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Resilience Alliance Publications

【 摘 要 】

The Maine lobster industry is experiencing record high catches because, in all probability, of an effective management program. One of the most important conservation measures is the V-notch program that allows fishermen to conserve proven breeding females by notching the tails of egg-bearing lobsters. Such marked lobsters may never be taken. Although thousands of lobster fishermen participate, it is a voluntary practice. The genesis of this practice is not easily explained, because V-notching poses a prisoner

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