= 0.69785 Cr 0.000022 C2 + 0.52514 CA 0.000007 CA CF 0.0000013 C + 0.70355 0.0001 2 C
 0.000052 C2 + 0.5826 CT 0.000006 C C 0.000033 Cd 15.1943 VF 33.9199 VA 35.6776 V
 25.4102 VT "F(CF 164.0136 V*7402) (CA 187.9868 VA7402 AC 323.8766 VA7402

 Ar(Cr 62.9634 V;7402
 First Order Conditions
 Ir = 0.69735 0.000044 CF 0.000007 CA 0.00001 CM 0.000008 CT A = 0
 aCF
 an- = 0.52514 0.000007 CF 0.0000026 CA = 0

 = 0.70356 0.00001 C, 0.000104 CM M = 0
 aCM
 a- = 0.5826 0.000006 CF 0.000066 AT 0
 aCT

 a- = 15.1943 VF AF(164.0136 V7402) 0
 an = 33.9199 VA A(187.9868 VA7402) 0
 aVA
 an7402
 M 35.6776 VM M(323.8766 V7402) = 0

 a-r 25.4102 VT XT(62.9634 V7402) = 0
 aVT

 j2 CF 164.0136 V*7402 0

 a '= CA 187.9868 V7402 0

 ir = CM 323.8766 V.7402 0

 ai CT 62.9634 VT7402 0
 aT

 aFishing power components for each state are fixed at 1975 levels.


 Definition of Variables
 v = Total Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery profit;
 CF = Florida catch of reef fish (thousands of pounds);
 CA = Alabama catch of reef fish (thousands of pounds);
 CM = Mississippi catch of reef fish (thousands of pounds);
 CT Texas catch of reef fish (thousands of pounds);
 VF Number of Florida vessels;
 VA Number of Alabama vessels;
 VM = Number of Mississippi vessels;

 VT Number of Texas vessels;
 AF Lagrange multiplier for Florida catch constraint;
 AA Lagrange multiplier for Alabama catch constraint;
 AM Lagrange multiplier for Mississippi catch constraint; and
 AT Lagrange multiplier for Texas catch constraint.





Figure H-l. Equation for obtaining maximum economic yield for the
 Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fisherya