Risks of Introductions of Marine Fishes: Reply to Briggs
This is a rebuttal to a publication by John C. Briggs in the April 2008 issue of Fisheries in Which be suggested introducing fishes and invertebrates from the North Pacific into the North Atlantic to increase diversity toward improving fisheries ill the latter. We argue otherwise for reasons that Br...
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ftsmithonian:oai:repository.si.edu:10088/8079 2023-05-15T17:26:46+02:00 Risks of Introductions of Marine Fishes: Reply to Briggs Courtenay, Walter R., Jr. Collette, Bruce B. Essington, Timothy E. Hilborn, Ray Orr, James W. Pauly, Daniel Randall, John E. Smith-Vaniz, William F. 2009 411001 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10088/8079 https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8446-34.4.181 en_US eng Fisheries Courtenay, Walter R., Jr., Collette, Bruce B., Essington, Timothy E., Hilborn, Ray, Orr, James W., Pauly, Daniel, Randall, John E., and Smith-Vaniz, William F. 2009. " Risks of Introductions of Marine Fishes: Reply to Briggs ." Fisheries . 34 (4):181–186. https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8446-34.4.181 0363-2415 http://hdl.handle.net/10088/8079 79804 doi:10.1577/1548-8446-34.4.181 Journal Article 2009 ftsmithonian https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8446-34.4.181 2020-09-09T18:30:40Z This is a rebuttal to a publication by John C. Briggs in the April 2008 issue of Fisheries in Which be suggested introducing fishes and invertebrates from the North Pacific into the North Atlantic to increase diversity toward improving fisheries ill the latter. We argue otherwise for reasons that Briggs downplayed or never considered. Using examples of introductions within the Pacific bind the Atlantic, and movements of species from the Pacific to the Atlantic, we provide a record of failures and damage or dangers to native species from the few introductions that became successful. We argue that a lack of diversity of fishes and invertebrates in the North Atlantic versus that of the North Pacific is not the problem to be corrected by introductions is Briggs suggested. A record of overfishing and management policies is the problem in the North Atlantic. Introductions from the North Pacific to the North Atlantic are not worth the costs or the environmental risks involved NMNH NH-Vertebrate Zoology Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Unknown Briggs ENVELOPE(-63.017,-63.017,-64.517,-64.517) Pacific Fisheries 34 4 181 186 |
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This is a rebuttal to a publication by John C. Briggs in the April 2008 issue of Fisheries in Which be suggested introducing fishes and invertebrates from the North Pacific into the North Atlantic to increase diversity toward improving fisheries ill the latter. We argue otherwise for reasons that Briggs downplayed or never considered. Using examples of introductions within the Pacific bind the Atlantic, and movements of species from the Pacific to the Atlantic, we provide a record of failures and damage or dangers to native species from the few introductions that became successful. We argue that a lack of diversity of fishes and invertebrates in the North Atlantic versus that of the North Pacific is not the problem to be corrected by introductions is Briggs suggested. A record of overfishing and management policies is the problem in the North Atlantic. Introductions from the North Pacific to the North Atlantic are not worth the costs or the environmental risks involved NMNH NH-Vertebrate Zoology |
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