Fishes use a variety of sensory systems to learn about their environments and to
communicate. Of the various senses, hearing plays a particularly important role for fishes in …

Ecological risk assessments (ERAs) are employed to quantify and predict the vulnerability of
a particular species, stock or population to a specific stressor, eg pollution, harvesting …

Climate change and decadal variability are impacting marine fish and invertebrate species
worldwide and these impacts will continue for the foreseeable future. Quantitative …

An understanding of risks to biodiversity is needed for planning action to slow current rates
of decline and secure ecosystem services for future human use. Although the IUCN Red List …

Increasing attention is being paid to the ecological consequences of underwater noise
generated by human activities such as shipping and maritime industries including, but not …

The argument persists that the continued overexploitation by many fisheries around the
world is evidence that current approaches to fisheries management are failing, and that …

Extinction risk is inversely associated with maximum per capita population growth rate
(rmax). However, this parameter is not known for most threatened species, underscoring the …

The rule of thumb that fishing mortality to achieve maximum sustainable yield (F MSY)
equals natural mortality (M) has been both criticised and supported by theoretical …

Risk assessments quantify the probability of undesirable events along with their
consequences. They are used to prioritize management interventions and assess tradeoffs …

A close relationship between adult abundance and stock productivity may not exist for many
marine fish stocks, resulting in concern that the management goal of maximum sustainable …