Considerable time and money are expended in the pursuit of catching fish with hooks (eg,
handlining, angling, longlining, trolling, drumlining) across the recreational, commercial and …

Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) is an important coastal fish species in New Zealand for a
variety of reasons, but the large amount of research conducted on snapper has not been …

A revelatory look at the secrets of marine fish migration. Not since FR Harden Jones
published his masterwork on fish migration in 1968 has a book so thoroughly demystified …

Managing fisheries resources to maintain healthy ecosystems is one of the main goals of the
ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF). While a number of international treaties call for the …

Together with life-history and underlying physiology, the behavioural variability among fish
is one of the three main trait axes that determines the vulnerability to fishing. However, there …

Increased timidity is a behavioral response to exploitation caused by a combination of
learning and fisheries-induced selection favoring shy fish. In our study, the potential for …

Spatial behavioural types (SBTs) arise from between-individual differences in behavioural
traits that foster spatial behavioural patterns that are consistent over time and ecological …

In coastal areas, the identification of habitat types critical to fish life history strategies can
provide useful information for ecosystem-based management. Recent studies show that …

The scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini is a migratory species that exhibits
complex patterns of spatial organization associated with the use of both coastal and oceanic …

Understanding the movement dynamics of marine fish provides valuable information that
can assist with species management, particularly regarding protection within marine …