Sustainable harvest of a native species and control of an invasive species : a bioeconomic model of a commercial fishery invaded by a space competitor
Résumé
This paper deals with the control of an invasive species, void of market value, and acting as a space competitor for a valuable native harvested species. It presents a theoretical bioeconomic model describing the interacting dynamics of the two species and accounting for the undesirable consequences of native stock harvesters’ behaviour on the spread of invasion. Dynamic optimisation of the model displays the existence of a time-path leading to an optimal stationary steady-state solution. Then, the optimal control model is applied to the bay of Saint-Brieuc scallop fishery (France).