The effectiveness of baited fishing gear ultimately depends upon behaviour of the target
species–activity rhythms, feeding motivation, and sensory and locomotory abilities. While …

Feeding Ecology of Fish establishes a comprehensive framework for the variable ecological
patterns exemplified by feeding fishes. The author, a former president of the American …

Behavioral responses of fishes to variability in environmental conditions and habitat quality
are central to population-level demographic processes. Although field surveys can correlate …

Together with life-history and underlying physiology, the behavioural variability among fish
is one of the three main trait axes that determines the vulnerability to fishing. However, there …

This paper explores the impact of fishing low trophic level “forage” species on higher trophic
level marine predators including other fish, birds and marine mammals. We show that …

Ecological processes are often not explicitly included in fisheries models and management,
but have the potential to be a significant influence on fish stocks. I examine cases from …

The study of environmental effects on fish distributions and recruitment rates has become a
major research focus with substantial funding. This research is justified by rather vague …

The 1996 Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act mandates that
regional fishery management councils must designate essential fish habitat (EFH) for each …

By the late 1980's, humans were removing 76 million metric tons (MMT) of marine fishes
annually. The potential sustainable catch is somewhere between 69 and 96 MMT. As a …

Quantitative assessment of food habits is an important aspect of fisheries management.
Successful management of sport fishes often hinges on our ability to manage prey resources …