Small pelagic fish (SPF) play extremely important ecological roles in marine ecosystems,
form some of the most economically valuable fisheries resources, and play a vital role in …

This paper reviews the progress made over the last 20 years in achieving sustainable,
economically efficient and socially just marine fisheries, referred to here as reconciled …

Marine fish stocks are an important part of the world food system and are particularly
important for many of the poorest people of the world. Most existing analyses suggest …

Population dynamics of small pelagic fishes (SPF) and their management in Japan were
reviewed for Japanese sardine Sardinops melanostictus, Japanese anchovy Engraulis …

This paper provides a comprehensive study on the similarities and differences between
infectious disease control in public health and various population management approaches …

Dialogue on improving small-scale fisheries for food security tends to centre on developing
countries due to the generally more acute socio-economic problems these countries face in …

Understanding of density‐dependent effects is key to achieving sustainable management of
self‐regulating biological resources such as fish stocks. Traditionally, density‐dependent …

A paradigm of fisheries science holds that spawning stock biomass (SSB) is directly
proportional to total egg production (TEP) of fish stocks. This “SSB–TEP proportionality” …

Like many other countries, the economy and society of Japan have been deeply affected by
the Covid-19 outbreak, and the fishery sector is no exception. This study takes an …

Standardization of catch per unit effort is an effective way to not only extract temporal
abundance trends but also understand distribution shifts of fish resources. Chub mackerel in …