The Future of Fisheries Science in North America (eBook)

Foreword 6
Volume Foreword 9
Contents 12
On the Future of Fisheries Science 16
Biodiversity, Spatial Management, and the Ecosystem Approach 27
Biodiversity and the Future of Fisheries Science 47
The Implications of a Paradigm Shift in Ocean Resource Management for Fisheries Stock Assessment 63
Ecosystem-Based Management of What? An Emerging Approach for Balancing Conflicting Objectives in Marine Resource Management 91
The Changing Nature of Fisheries Management and Implications for Science* 110
Astonishment, Stupefaction, and a Naturalist’s Approach to Ecosystem- Based Fisheries Studies 125
The High-Dimensional Future of Fishery Science 137
Stock Assessment: Operational Models in Support of Fisheries Management 149
Fisheries Science in the Future 178
Some Observations on the Role of Trophodynamic Models for Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries 196
Why and How Could Indicators Be Used in an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management? 219
Fisheries Abundance Cycles in Ecosystem and Economic Management of California Fish and Invertebrate Resources 237
Ecosystem Models of Fishing Effects: Present Status and a Suggested Future Paradigm 255
The Impacts of Environmental Change and Ecosystem Structure on the Early Life Stages of Fish: A Perspective on Establishing Predictive Capacity 264
The Promise of an Ecosystem Approach: Lessons from the Past – Hopes for the Future 284
Technology for Evaluating Marine Ecosystems in the Early Twenty- First Century 292
Acoustic Methods: Brief Review and Prospects for Advancing Fisheries Research 321
Combining Techniques for Remotely Assessing Pelagic Nekton: Getting the Whole Picture 352
Using the Seabed AUV to Assess Populations of Groundfish in Untrawlable Areas 364
Technology Answers to the Requirements Set by the Ecosystem Approach 380
Accounting for Spatial Population Structure in Stock Assessment: Past, Present, and Future* 411
Genetic and Evolutionary Considerations in Fishery Management: Research Needs for the Future 433
Trends in Fishery Genetics 458
The Uncertain Future of Assessment Uncertainty 499
Model Selection Uncertainty and Bayesian Model Averaging in Fisheries Recruitment Modeling 509
Feedback Control in Pacific Salmon Fisheries 529
The Future of Fisheries Science: Merging Stock Assessment with Risk Assessment, for Better Fisheries Management 540
The Future of Fisheries Science on Canada’s West Coast Is Keeping up with the Changes 570
Climate and Fisheries: The Past, The Future, and The Need for Coalescence 599
Future Research Requirements for Understanding the Effects of Climate Variability on Fisheries for Their Management* 622
Opportunities in Social Science Research 638
Restoring Rivers in the Twenty-First Century: Science Challenges in a Management Context 698
Index 719