Search Results - "Fisheries research"

Guidance for decisions using the Vector Autoregressive Spatio-Temporal (VAST) package in stock, ecosystem, habitat and climate assessments by Thorson, James T.

“…•Stock, ecosystem, habitat, and climate assessments use different methods and vocabulary.•Population density across space, time, and species is a “common…”
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Best practices for catch-and-release recreational fisheries – angling tools and tactics by Brownscombe, Jacob W., Danylchuk, Andy J., Chapman, Jacqueline M., Gutowsky, Lee F.G., Cooke, Steven J.

“…•Catch-and-release is a growing conservation strategy in recreational fisheries.•Best angling practices play an essential role in sustainable…”
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Defining spatial structure for fishery stock assessment by Cadrin, Steven X.

“…•The spatial extent of stock assessment should reflect the fished population, and major patterns of heterogeneity should be represented.•Ignoring spatial…”
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Stock synthesis: A biological and statistical framework for fish stock assessment and fishery management by Methot, Richard D., Wetzel, Chantell R.

“…Stock synthesis (SS) is a statistical age-structured population modeling framework that has been applied in a wide variety of fish assessments globally. The…”
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Fish assemblages in Neotropical reservoirs: Colonization patterns, impacts and management by Agostinho, Angelo A., Gomes, Luiz C., Santos, Natália C.L., Ortega, Jean C.G., Pelicice, Fernando M.

“…Brazil has more than 700 large reservoirs distributed in all of the major river basins of South America. Most dams were constructed to produce electricity…”
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Underwater video techniques for observing coastal marine biodiversity: A review of sixty years of publications (1952–2012) by Mallet, Delphine, Pelletier, Dominique

“…•Underwater video is increasingly used in marine ecology.•Video is less used than catch and underwater visual census.•Video techniques comprise baited,…”
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The predictive performances of random forest models with limited sample size and different species traits by Luan, Jing, Zhang, Chongliang, Xu, Binduo, Xue, Ying, Ren, Yiping

“…•Identifying sample sizes and effect of species traits on model predictability are important for SDM applications.•RF was robust in limited abundance data,…”
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A review of integrated analysis in fisheries stock assessment by Maunder, Mark N., Punt, André E.

“…► Uses all available data, in as raw a form as appropriate, in a single analysis. ► Analyses conducted simultaneously combining likelihoods and sharing…”
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Consequences of error in natural mortality and its estimation in stock assessment models by Punt, André E., Castillo-Jordán, Claudio, Hamel, Owen S., Cope, Jason M., Maunder, Mark N., Ianelli, James N.

“…Natural mortality (M) is often considered to be one of the most important parameters in a fish stock assessment and affects productivity estimates for the…”
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A review of estimation methods for natural mortality and their performance in the context of fishery stock assessment by Maunder, Mark N., Hamel, Owen S., Lee, Hui-Hua, Piner, Kevin R., Cope, Jason M., Punt, André E., Ianelli, James N., Castillo-Jordán, Claudio, Kapur, Maia S., Methot, Richard D.

“…Natural mortality (M) is one of the most influential parameters in fisheries stock assessment and management. It relates directly to stock productivity and…”
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The future of recreational fisheries: Advances in science, monitoring, management, and practice by Brownscombe, Jacob W., Hyder, Kieran, Potts, Warren, Wilson, Kyle L., Pope, Kevin L., Danylchuk, Andy J., Cooke, Steven J., Clarke, Adrian, Arlinghaus, Robert, Post, John R.

“…Recreational fisheries (RF) are complex social-ecological systems that play an important role in aquatic environments while generating significant social and…”
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A cookbook for using model diagnostics in integrated stock assessments by Carvalho, Felipe, Winker, Henning, Courtney, Dean, Kapur, Maia, Kell, Laurence, Cardinale, Massimiliano, Schirripa, Michael, Kitakado, Toshihide, Yemane, Dawit, Piner, Kevin R., Maunder, Mark N., Taylor, Ian, Wetzel, Chantel R., Doering, Kathryn, Johnson, Kelli F., Methot, Richard D.

“…•The next generation of stock assessment models should offer a routine diagnostic toolbox.•Cookbook recipes are presented for implementing modern model…”
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Essential features of the next-generation integrated fisheries stock assessment package: A perspective by Punt, André E., Dunn, Alistair, Elvarsson, Bjarki Þór, Hampton, John, Hoyle, Simon D., Maunder, Mark N., Methot, Richard D., Nielsen, Anders

“…Integrated analysis (or integrated population modelling) methods have become the preferred approach for conducting stock assessments, and providing the basis…”
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Evaluating methods for setting catch limits in data-limited fisheries by Carruthers, Thomas R., Punt, André E., Walters, Carl J., MacCall, Alec, McAllister, Murdoch K., Dick, Edward J., Cope, Jason

“…•We undertake an MSE of data-limited methods for setting catch limits.•Methods that dynamically account for current abundance or depletion performed…”
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Standardising fish stomach content analysis: The importance of prey condition by Buckland, Amanda, Baker, Ronald, Loneragan, Neil, Sheaves, Marcus

“…Comparisons of fish trophic data are limited by the range of methods used to quantify dietary composition, with scientists yet to agree on a standard approach…”
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Blood from a stone: Performance of catch-only methods in estimating stock biomass status by Free, Christopher M., Jensen, Olaf P., Anderson, Sean C., Gutierrez, Nicolas L., Kleisner, Kristin M., Longo, Catherine, Minto, Cóilín, Osio, Giacomo Chato, Walsh, Jessica C.

“…Demand for data-limited stock assessment methods is increasing, and new methods are being developed rapidly. One class of these methods requires only catch…”
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Spatial stock assessment methods: A viewpoint on current issues and assumptions by Punt, André E.

“…•Spatial stock assessment can reduce bias in assessments caused by spatial structure.•Implementation is possible now given the availability of models,…”
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When does fishing forage species affect their predators? by Hilborn, Ray, Amoroso, Ricardo O., Bogazzi, Eugenia, Jensen, Olaf P., Parma, Ana M., Szuwalski, Cody, Walters, Carl J.

“…•Predator rate of increase is uncorrelated with forage fish abundance.•Forage species are affected much more by environmental conditions than by…”
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Future harvest of living resources in the Arctic Ocean north of the Nordic and Barents Seas: A review of possibilities and constraints by Haug, Tore, Bogstad, Bjarte, Chierici, Melissa, Gjøsæter, Harald, Hallfredsson, Elvar H., Høines, Åge S., Hoel, Alf Håkon, Ingvaldsen, Randi B., Jørgensen, Lis Lindal, Knutsen, Tor, Loeng, Harald, Naustvoll, Lars-Johan, Røttingen, Ingolf, Sunnanå, Knut

“…•Ice reduction and changes in oceanography in the Arctic Ocean may result in favourable conditions for increased biological production.•Expected climate-change…”
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Ensemble habitat suitability modeling of vulnerable marine ecosystem indicator taxa to inform deep-sea fisheries management in the South Pacific Ocean by Georgian, Samuel E., Anderson, Owen F., Rowden, Ashley A.

“…•Fragile deep-sea sessile fauna can be impacted by bottom trawl fisheries.•Habitat suitability was modeled for vulnerable marine ecosystem indicator…”
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