The overall goal of this book is to give a picture of the present use of information on fish reproductive biology in assessment and management and its potential for improving management of these resources.

Compiled by an international team of authors, each an expert in their field, this exceptional volume is divided into three major 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

Including over 100 diagrams, this book is essential reading for all fisheries scientists. Libraries in universities and research establishments where this subject is studied and taught should also have copies on their shelves.

Contents

1. Introduction

Section 1: Biology, population dynamics, and recruitment

2. Recruitment in Marine Populations
3. Reproductive dynamics
4. Recruitment Variability
5. Effects of fishing on the population

Section 2: Information critical to successful assessment and management

6. Egg, larval and juvenile surveys
7. Stock identification
8. Stock assessment models and predictions of catch and biomass
9. Applied fish reproductive biology: contribution of individual reproductive potential to recruitment and fisheries management

Section 3: Incorporation of reproductive biology and recruitment considerations into management advice and strategies

10. Current paradigms and forms of advice
11. Management: New Approaches to Old Problems
12. Implementing information on stock reproductive potential in fisheries management: the motivation, the challenges and the opportunities

Index

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