Authors
Manuel Barange, Miguel Bernal, Maria Cristina Cergole, Luis A Cubillos, Georgi M Daskalov, Carryn L de Moor, José AA De Oliveira, Mark Dickey-Collas, Dave J Gaughan, Kevin Hill, Larry D Jacobson, Fritz W Köster, Jacques Massé, Miguel Ñiquen, Hiroshi Nishida, Yoshioki Oozeki, Isabel Palomera, S Saccardo, Alberto Santojanni, Rodolfo Serra, Stylianos Somarakis, Yorgos Stratoudakis, Andres Uriarte, C van der Lingen, Akihiko Yatsu
Publication date
2009
Source
Climate change and small pelagic fish
Pages
191-255
Publisher
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK
Description
The assessment and management of small pelagic fish (SPF) stocks is particularly difficult and uncertain because their short life expectancy, characteristic aggregative behavior, rapid response to climate and environmental signals and large and variable natural mortality make them less tractable through traditional population dynamic models and assumptions. In this review we summarize the assessment and management approaches applied in 29 SPF stocks or management units (12 anchovy, 10 sardine, 4 herring, and 3 sprat). The review demonstrates that the assessment and management of SPF varies substantially in its approach and performance between stocks and regions. Most stocks have a scientific assessment program in place and a management approach that generally takes into account assessment results, but in some stocks management practices deviate substantially from scientific advice and in …
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M Barange, M Bernal, MC Cergole, LA Cubillos… - Climate change and small pelagic fish, 2009