Molecular genetic data have found widespread application in the identification of population
and conservation units for aquatic species. However, integration of genetic information into …

Recreational fishing in the United States is an important social and economic component of
many marine fisheries, with an estimated 14 million anglers making almost 82 million fishing …

Marine reserves are expected to benefit a wide range of species, but most models used to
evaluate their effects assume that adults are sedentary, thereby potentially overestimating …

This technical review supports and is a source document for the Puget Sound Rockfish
Conservation Plan. It summarizes the current knowledge of rockfish biology in Puget Sound …

Un objectif généralement poursuivi par la gestion conventionnelle des pêches est le
maintien de la mortalité due à la pêche à un taux qui permette un niveau de production …

To explore the effects of poaching within marine reserve boundaries under three different
management policies this analysis uses a simple age-structured reserve model based on …

In this study, we analyzed the length-weight relationships (LWRs), total length (TL)—
standard length (SL) relationships (LLRs), and Fulton's condition factor (K) of male and …

Theoretical and applied research suggests that survival rates during early life stages will
increase when spawning biomass is reduced in marine fishes (termed “recruitment …

Ecologists often point to excessive truncation of a population's size‐structure as a
deleterious effect of exploitation, yet the effect of this truncation on population persistence is …

Stock: This stock assessment pertains to the population of starry flounder (Platichthys
stellatus) residing along the west coast of the United States, from Point Conception (lat. 34 …