Natural mortality (M) is one of the most influential parameters in fisheries stock assessment
and management. It relates directly to stock productivity and reference points used for …

Studies on small and declining populations dominate research in conservation biology. This
emphasis reflects two overarching frameworks: the small-population paradigm focuses on …

Understanding tipping point dynamics in harvested ecosystems is of crucial importance for
sustainable resource management because ignoring their existence imperils social …

Understanding diet is critical for conservation of endangered predators. Southern Resident
killer whales (SRKW)(Orcinus orca) are an endangered population occurring primarily along …

Effective fisheries management requires accurate estimates of stock biomass and trends;
yet, assumptions in stock assessment models generate high levels of uncertainty and error …

Estimating diet composition is important for understanding interactions between predators
and prey and thus illuminating ecosystem function. The diet of many species, however, is …

The eastern Baltic (EB) cod (Gadus morhua) stock was depleted and overexploited for
decades until the mid-2000s, when fishing mortality rapidly declined and biomass started to …

Most stocks of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Northwest Atlantic collapsed in the early
1990s, with little sign of recovery since then. In the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (sGSL), the …

Management strategy evaluation (MSE) is the state‐of‐the‐art approach for testing and
comparing management strategies in a way that accounts for multiple sources of uncertainty …

Population trends play a large role in species risk assessments and conservation planning,
and species are often considered threatened if their recent rate of decline meets certain …