Tore Jakobsen & Michael J. Fogarty 
Fish Reproductive Biology 
Implications for Assessment and Management

Fish recruitment is a key process for maintaining sustainable fish populations. In the marine environment, fish recruitment is carried out in many different ways, all of which have different life history strategies. The objective of this book is to argue for greater linkages between basic and applied research on fisheries recruitment, and assessment and management of exploited fish stocks.

Following an introductory chapter, this second edition of Fish Reproductive Biology is organized into 3 main sections:

* Biology, Population Dynamics and Recruitment

* Information Critical to Successful Assessment and Management

* Incorporation of Reproductive Biology and Recruitment Considerations into Management Advice and Strategies

The authors collectively bring a wide range of diverse experience in areas of reproductive biology, fisheries oceanography, stock assessment, and management.

Fully updated throughout, the book will be of great interest to a wide audience. It is useful as a textbook in graduate and undergraduate courses in fisheries biology, fisheries science, and fisheries resource management and will provide vital information for fish biologists, fisheries scientists and managers.

Table of Content

Contributors vii

Preface ix

Acronyms x

Introduction 1
Tore Jakobsen, Michael J. Fogarty, Bernard A. Megrey and Erlend Moksness

Part I Biology, Population Dynamics, and Recruitment

Chapter 1 Recruitment in Marine Fish Populations 11
Michael J. Fogarty and Loretta O’Brien

Chapter 2 Reproductive Dynamics 50
Dimitri A. Pavlov and Natal’ya G. Emel’yanova

Chapter 3 Recruitment Variability 98
Edward D. Houde

Chapter 4 Effects of Fishing on the Population 188
Marie-Jo¨elle Rochet and Lise Marty

Part II Information Critical to Successful Assessment and Management

Chapter 5 Egg, Larval, and Juvenile Surveys 229
Nancy C.H. Lo, Paul E. Smith, and Motomitsu Takahashi

Chapter 6 Stock Identification 252
Gavin A. Begg and Steven X. Cadrin

Chapter 7 Stock Assessment Models and Predictions of Catch and Biomass 279
John G. Pope

Chapter 8 Applied Fisheries Reproductive Biology: Contribution of Individual Reproductive Potential to Recruitment and Fisheries Management 321
Olav S. Kjesbu

Part III Incorporation of Reproductive Biology and Recruitment Considerations into Management Advice and Strategies

Chapter 9 Current Paradigms and Forms of Advice 369
Kevern L. Cochrane

Chapter 10 Management: New Approaches to Old Problems 395
Carl M. O’Brien

Chapter 11 Implementing Information on Stock Reproductive Potential in Fisheries Management: The Motivation, Challenges and Opportunities 438
C. Tara Marshall

Species Index 465

Subject Index 468

A colour plate section falls between pages 292 and 293

About the author

Tore Jakobsen is Senior Scientist at the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

Michael Fogarty is Senior Scientists at the Northeast Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

Erlend Moksness is Research Director, Institute of Marine Research, Flodevigen Marine Research Station, Arendal, Norway.
Erlend has also edited the following books for Blackwell/Wiley-Blackwell: Culture of Cold-Water Marine Fish (2004), Integrated Coastal Zone Management (2009), Global Challenges in Coastal Zone Management (NYP 2013).