This study presents a new method (LBB) for the analysis of length frequency data from
commercial catches. LBB works for species that grow throughout their lives, such as most …

Climate change is altering ecosystems and fisheries throughout the world's oceans,
demanding climate‐adaptive governance for conserving and managing living marine …

Coral populations are being progressively thinned by climate change, which elevates the
risk of reproductive failure from Allee effects during fertilization. Studies have shown that …

In fisheries with limited capacity for monitoring, it is often easier to collect length
measurements from fishery catch than quantify total catch. Conventional stock assessment …

Abstract Beverton & Holt's (1957) functional definition of maturity in fish (L 50), as being the
size class in which 50% of individuals begin producing gametes in some proportion to body …

Selectivity in fish is often size-dependent, which results in differential fishing mortality rates
across fish of the same age, an effect known as “Lee's Phenomenon”. We extend previous …

Marine ecosystems play a central role in economic and social life in the Republic of Palau, a
Small Island Developing State in the Western Pacific. Marine resources underpin …

Large scombrids, commercial tuna species, are regularly assessed and managed. However,
most of the small scombrids, many mackerels and bonitos, lack accurate catch data to …

Small-scale fisheries are an important source of food, income and cultural identity to millions
of people worldwide. Despite many fisher people observing declining catches, a lack of data …

The cost, complexity and the lack of technical capacity in many countries have made the
scientific assessment and sustainable management of data‐poor fisheries a persistent …