A user will likely have information to inform the number of fishers in a fishery and cost better than depletion. However, the depletion at bio-economic equilibrium given the inputs (e.g. boats, costs, and capacity) will be determined by R zero and steepness. A prior for steepness is likely available in the literature. A range of depletions should specified in the questionnaire and Rzero should be solved for that gives the upper and lower bound of these depletions (and probably the mean or median). Runs should be undertaken using those values and results presented representing these uncertainties.
A user will likely have information to inform the number of fishers in a fishery and cost better than depletion. However, the depletion at bio-economic equilibrium given the inputs (e.g. boats, costs, and capacity) will be determined by R zero and steepness. A prior for steepness is likely available in the literature. A range of depletions should specified in the questionnaire and Rzero should be solved for that gives the upper and lower bound of these depletions (and probably the mean or median). Runs should be undertaken using those values and results presented representing these uncertainties.