Fish Reproductive Biology: Implications for Assessment and Management

Fish recruitment is a key process for maintaining sustainable fish populations. In the marine environment, fish recruitment is carried out in many different ways, all of which have different life history strategies. The objective of this book is to argue for greater linkages between basic and applied research on fisheries recruitment, and assessment and management of exploited fish stocks. Following an introductory chapter, this second edition of Fish Reproductive Biology is organized into 3 main sections: * Biology, Population Dynamics and Recruitment * Information Critical to Successful Assessment and Management * Incorporation of Reproductive Biology and Recruitment Considerations into Management Advice and Strategies The authors collectively bring a wide range of diverse experience in areas of reproductive biology, fisheries oceanography, stock assessment, and management. Fully updated throughout, the book will be of great interest to a wide audience. It is useful as a textbook in graduate and undergraduate courses in fisheries biology, fisheries science, and fisheries resource management and will provide vital information for fish biologists, fisheries scientists and managers.

Author Biography: Tore Jakobsen is Senior Scientist at the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway Michael Fogarty is Senior Scientists at the Northeast Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA Erlend Moksness is Research Director, Institute of Marine Research, Flodevigen Marine Research Station, Arendal, Norway. Erlend has also edited the following books for Blackwell/Wiley-Blackwell: Culture of Cold-Water Marine Fish (2004), Integrated Coastal Zone Management (2009), Global Challenges in Coastal Zone Management (NYP 2013).

Contributors vii Preface ix Acronyms x Introduction 1 Tore Jakobsen, Michael J. Fogarty, Bernard A. Megrey and Erlend Moksness Part I Biology, Population Dynamics, and Recruitment Chapter 1 Recruitment in Marine Fish Populations 11 Michael J. Fogarty and Loretta O Brien Chapter 2 Reproductive Dynamics 50 Dimitri A. Pavlov and Natal ya G. Emel yanova Chapter 3 Recruitment Variability 98 Edward D. Houde Chapter 4 Effects of Fishing on the Population 188 Marie-Joelle Rochet and Lise Marty Part II Information Critical to Successful Assessment and Management Chapter 5 Egg, Larval, and Juvenile Surveys 229 Nancy C.H. Lo, Paul E. Smith, and Motomitsu Takahashi Chapter 6 Stock Identification 252 Gavin A. Begg and Steven X. Cadrin Chapter 7 Stock Assessment Models and Predictions of Catch and Biomass 279 John G. Pope Chapter 8 Applied Fisheries Reproductive Biology: Contribution of Individual Reproductive Potential to Recruitment and Fisheries Management 321 Olav S. Kjesbu Part III Incorporation of Reproductive Biology and Recruitment Considerations into Management Advice and Strategies Chapter 9 Current Paradigms and Forms of Advice 369 Kevern L. Cochrane Chapter 10 Management: New Approaches to Old Problems 395 Carl M. O Brien Chapter 11 Implementing Information on Stock Reproductive Potential in Fisheries Management: The Motivation, Challenges and Opportunities 438 C. Tara Marshall Species Index 465 Subject Index 468 A colour plate section falls between pages 292 and 293