Egg, larval, and juvenile stages are useful in identifying stocks. Primarily, early life stages
are used to distinguish spawning locations from which stock structure is inferred …

Life history parameters were historically used to identify fish stocks because they are often
easy to measure or are routinely measured as part of fishery monitoring and because they …

It is now clear that data based on the studies of fish eggs and larvae make a number of
unique contributions to fishery science that are crucial for accurate assessment and …

The otolith chemistry is one of the most commonly used tools to elucidate the structure of fish
stocks. The correct application of this methodology depends on the fulfillment of several …

Patterns formed by annual, seasonal, and daily growth marks in the calcified structures of
fish are particularly powerful tools in stock identification; they can be used to distinguish …

This manual is one of the results of the project Precision and Accuracy of Tools in
Recruitment Studies (PARS), financed by the EU (FAIR-CT96–1371). The project PARS is …

Stock Identification Methods, 2e, continues to provide a comprehensive review of the various
disciplines used to study the population structure of fishery resources. It represents the …

This chapter is an introduction to methods for collecting, processing, and identifying early life
stages of fishes and summarizes the diversity of both marine and freshwater studies on fish …

Publisher Summary Identification of fish stocks is necessary to fisheries management for
allocation of catch between competing fisheries, recognition and protection of nursery and …

Stock-separation of highly mobile Clupeids (sprat–Sprattus sprattus and herring–Clupea
harengus) using otolith morphometrics was explored. Analysis focused on three stock …