Computers in Fisheries Research

1. Front Matter

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2. Past, Present and Future Trends in the Use of Computers in Fisheries Research

   • Bernard A. Megrey, Erlend Moksness

   Pages 1-30

3. The Consumption and Production of Fisheries Information in the Digital Age

   • Janet Webster, Eleanor Uhlinger

   Pages 31-67

4. Extended Guide to Some Computerized Artificial Intelligence Methods

   • Saul B. Saila

   Pages 69-91

5. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Fisheries Management and Research

   • Geoff Meaden

   Pages 93-120

6. Remote Sensing

   • Olav Rune Godø, Eirik Tenningen

   Pages 121-144

7. Quantitative Research Surveys of Fish Stocks

   • Kenneth G. Foote

   Pages 145-190

8. Geostatistics and Their Applications to Fisheries Survey Data: A History of Ideas, 1990–2007

   • Pierre Petitgas

   Pages 191-224

9. Ecosystem Modelling Using the Ecopath with Ecosim Approach

   • Marta Coll, Alida Bundy, Lynne J. Shannon

   Pages 225-291

10. Image Recognition

    • Thomas T. Noji, Ferren MacIntyre

    Pages 293-316

11. Visualization in Fisheries Oceanography: New Approaches for the Rapid Exploration of Coastal Ecosystems

    • Albert J. Hermann, Christopher W. Moore

    Pages 317-336

12. Computers in Fisheries Population Dynamics

    • Mark N. Maunder, Jon T. Schnute, James N. Ianelli

    Pages 337-372

13. Multispecies Modeling of Fish Populations

    • Kenneth A. Rose, Shaye E. Sable

    Pages 373-397

14. Computers and the Future of Fisheries

    • Carl J. Walters

    Pages 399-412

15. Back Matter

    Pages 413-421

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The first edition of this book was published by Chapman and Hall Ltd. in 1996. The first edition contained nine chapters and, for all except one chapter, the original chapter authors agreed to update their chapter. Comparing these chapters gives the reader an idea of the development over a time span of more than 10 years between the two editions. In the preparation of the second edition we decided to add more chapters reflecting some important fields with significant contributions to present day fishery research. These are the use of internet for searching of information (Chapter 2), and the present state and use of remote sensing (Chapter 5), ecosystem modeling (Chapter 8) and visualization of data (Chapter 10). This second edition provides a valuable sampling of contemporary applications. Scientists have an opportunity to evaluate the suitability of different computer technology applications to their particular research situation thereby taking advantage of the experience of others. The chapters that follow are the fruition of this idea. The history behind this book started in 1989 when we were asked by Dr. Vidar Wespestad (previously: Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, USA) to prepare and convene a session at the 1992 World Fishery Congress in Athens, Greece on computer applications in fisheries. We agreed that the idea was a good one and the computer session in 1992 turned out to be very successful.

• Computer Applications
• Fisheries Science
• Natural Resource Management
• ecosystem
• fisheries management
• Fish and Wildlife Biology

From the reviews of the second edition: “This book offers an excellent insight into the world of computers and modelling for fisheries and can be recommended not only to ‘computer freaks’ among fishery scientists, but all scientists, students and managers, who wish to broaden their knowledge associated with using computer models for stock assessment and management.” (World Fishing, December, 2009)

• U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, USA

  Bernard A. Megrey

• Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Institute of Marine Research, Norway

  Erlend Moksness

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