Knowing the number of individuals in a population is fundamental for the sustainable
management of exploited marine resources but estimating this parameter is often extremely …

Larger and older fish contribute disproportionately to spawning and play an important role in
the replenishment of exploited stocks. Fishing often removes specific size‐and age‐classes …

The term “data-limited fisheries” is a catch-all to generally describe situations lacking data to
support a fully integrated stock assessment model. Data conditions range from data-void …

Marine wild-capture fisheries depend on the capacity of the ocean to provide a flow of
harvestable resources to sustain the industry. Paradoxically, conventional fishing often …

In data-poor situations, length-based indicators (LBIs) and reference points based on life
history parameters have been proposed to classify stocks according to conservation status …

Climate change is altering the productivity of marine fisheries and challenging the
effectiveness of historical fisheries management. Harvest control rules, which describe the …

Decision makers are increasingly requesting that environmental and climate drivers be
included in stock assessments and subsequent projections that provide managers with …

A changing climate makes the evaluation of human impacts on natural systems increasingly
uncertain and affects the risk associated with management decisions. This influences both …

This paper summarizes the lessons learnt for the management of small pelagic fish from the
case study of managing the international fishery on the Bay of Biscay anchovy. A constant …

The environmental conditions that marine populations experience are being altered
because of climate change. In particular, changes in temperature and increased variability …