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Optimal Harvesting Policy for an Age-Specific Population CHRIS RORRES AND WYMAN FAIR Depariment of Mathematics, Drexel Uniwrsi@, Philadelphia, Penmyluania 19104 Communicated by K. Watt ABSTRACT The optimal equilibrium harvesting policy for an age-specific population of females is investigated. Using a Leslie growth model, we consider admissible harvesting policies in which a certain fraction of each age group is harvested in such a way that the population returns to an identical age configuration after each harvest. The optimal harvesting policy, that policy which maximizes the yield subject to a Imear ecological or economic con- straint, is found. It is shown to consist of harvesting a certain fraction of a primary age group and all of a secondary age group. The primary age group is younger than, or the same age as, the “surplus” age group, that age group during which the cumulative expected number of daughters born to a female first exceeds one. The secondary age group is older than the surplus age group, though in some cases it is absent from the problem. The two harvesting ages are dependent on the birth and death rates and the economic parameters of the problem. 1. INTRODUCTION Much recent research has been devoted to the problem of harvesting a renewable resource in the most profitable manner. Various mathematical models have been devised for harvesting whales, seals, deer, fish, etc., to maximize yield and/or to prevent extinction of the population. Stochastic models have been developed by Jaquette [4] and Mann