What is Adaptive Harvest Management and how would it help in the management of black ducks?
Management of American black ducks (Anas rubripes) has been hampered by a lack of understanding regarding the factors affecting black duck abundance. This has resulted in disagreements among stakeholders about whether to use hunting regulations to arrest the large-scale decline of black ducks and ultimately how to provide sustainable hunting opportunities. Adaptive harvest management (AHM) is a process for making effective regulatory decisions in the face of uncertainty about black duck ecology while helping to ensure that uncertainty is reduced as regulatory experience is accumulated. You can learn more about the concepts of AHM at http://www.consecol.org/Journal/vol3/iss1/art8/ .
