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The Future of Fisheries Science in North America

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Editors:
  1. Richard J. Beamish

    1. Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Nanaimo B.C., Canada

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  2. Brian J. Rothschild

    1. School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, New Bedford, USA

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  • The first comprehensive book to look at the past, present and future of fisheries science in North America
  • Thoughtful interpretations about the complexities of managing fisheries
  • Extensive references to past science

Part of the book series: Fish & Fisheries Series (FIFI, volume 31)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. On the Future of Fisheries Science

    • Brian J. Rothschild, Richard J. Beamish
    Pages 1-11

  3. Biodiversity, Spatial Management, and the Ecosystem Approach

    • Jake C. Rice
    Pages 13-32

  4. Biodiversity and the Future of Fisheries Science

    • Ashleen J. Benson
    Pages 33-48

  5. The Implications of a Paradigm Shift in Ocean Resource Management for Fisheries Stock Assessment

    • Robert N. O'Boyle
    Pages 49-76

  6. Ecosystem-Based Management of What? An Emerging Approach for Balancing Conflicting Objectives in Marine Resource Management

    • Isaac C. Kaplan, Phillip Levin
    Pages 77-95

  7. The Changing Nature of Fisheries Management and Implications for Science

    • Kevin Stringer, Marc Clemens, Denis Rivard
    Pages 97-111

  8. Astonishment, Stupefaction, and a Naturalist's Approach to Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Studies

    • Kevin D. E. Stokesbury, Bradley P. Harris, Michael C. Marino II
    Pages 113-124

  9. The High-Dimensional Future of Fishery Science

    • Jon T. Schnute, Laura J. Richards
    Pages 125-136

  10. Stock Assessment: Operational Models in Support of Fisheries Management

    • Richard D. Methot Jr.
    Pages 137-165

  11. Fisheries Science in the Future

    • Randall M. Peterman
    Pages 167-184

  12. Some Observations on the Role of Trophodynamic Models for Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries

    • Mariano Koen-Alonso
    Pages 185-207

  13. Why and How Could Indicators Be Used in an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management?

    • Marie-Joëlle Rochet, Verena M. Trenkel
    Pages 209-226

  14. Fisheries Abundance Cycles in Ecosystem and Economic Management of California Fish and Invertebrate Resources

    • Jerrold G. Norton, Samuel F. Herrick, Janet E. Mason
    Pages 227-244

  15. Ecosystem Models of Fishing Effects: Present Status and a Suggested Future Paradigm

    • Saul B. Saila
    Pages 245-253

  16. The Impacts of Environmental Change and Ecosystem Structure on the Early Life Stages of Fish: A Perspective on Establishing Predictive Capacity

    • Pierre Pepin
    Pages 255-274

  17. The Promise of an Ecosystem Approach: Lessons from the Past – Hopes for the Future

    • Wendy Watson-Wright, Jake Rice, Henry Lear, Barbara Adams
    Pages 275-282

  18. Technology for Evaluating Marine Ecosystems in the Early Twenty-First Century

    • Dale Vance Holliday
    Pages 283-311

  19. Acoustic Methods: Brief Review and Prospects for Advancing Fisheries Research

    • Kenneth G. Foote
    Pages 313-343

  20. Combining Techniques for Remotely Assessing Pelagic Nekton: Getting the Whole Picture

    • James Churnside, Richard Brodeur, John Horne, Patrick Adam, Kelly Benoit-Bird, Douglas C. Reese et al.
    Pages 345-356
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Fisheries science in North America is changing in response to a changing climate, new technologies, an ecosystem approach to management and new thinking about the processes affecting stock and recruitment.

Authors of the 34 chapters review the science in their particular fields and use their experience to develop informed opinions about the future. Everyone associated with fish, fisheries and fisheries management will find material that will stimulate their thinking about the future. Readers will be impressed with the potential for new discoveries, but disturbed by how much needs to be done in fisheries science if we are to sustain North American fisheries in our changing climate. Officials that manage or fund fisheries science will appreciate the urgency for the new information needed for the stewardship of fish populations and their ecosystems. Research organizations may want to keep some extra copies for a future look back into the thoughts of a wide range of fisheries professionals. Fisheries science has been full of surprises with some of the surprises having major economic impacts. It is important to minimize these impacts as the demand for seafood increases and the complexities of fisheries management increase.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Nanaimo B.C., Canada

    Richard J. Beamish

  • School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, New Bedford, USA

    Brian J. Rothschild

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