Fish Reproductive Biology

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