Adaptive strategies for management of fisheries resources in large marine ecosystems
The adaptive approach to fisheries management involves experimentally manipulating fish populations to learn about the processes regulating fish population size. Although the development and application of adaptive management has focused on Pacific salmon, adaptive strategies have also been formulat...
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ftunivrhodeislan:oai:digitalcommons.uri.edu:gsofacpubs-1877 2023-10-09T21:50:20+02:00 Adaptive strategies for management of fisheries resources in large marine ecosystems Collie, Jeremy S. 2019-01-01T08:00:00Z https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/908 https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429042423-10 unknown DigitalCommons@URI https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/908 doi:10.4324/9780429042423-10 https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429042423-10 Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications text 2019 ftunivrhodeislan https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429042423-10 2023-09-11T18:07:44Z The adaptive approach to fisheries management involves experimentally manipulating fish populations to learn about the processes regulating fish population size. Although the development and application of adaptive management has focused on Pacific salmon, adaptive strategies have also been formulated for groundfish such as the yellowtail flounder. Application of adaptive management strategies to large marine ecosystems such as the eastern Bering Sea (EBS) is problematic because of the lack of spatial replicates. The biggest resource issue in the EBS is management of walleye pollock. Some of the most important questions about pollock are whether discrete stocks exist in the EBS, the role of cannibalism on recruitment, and the reliance of sea birds and marine mammals on pollock as a food source. In the absence of discrete pollock stocks in the EBS, it may be necessary to compare the EBS stock with the Gulf of Alaska stock, which exhibits coherence with EBS recruitment. The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council currently manages groundfish on a single-species basis without considering multispecies interactions. Adaptive management could be implemented under the existing regulatory framework but it will require a philosophical shift toward recognizing and testing alternative hypotheses. Text Bering Sea Alaska University of Rhode Island: DigitalCommons@URI Bering Sea Gulf of Alaska Pacific 225 242 |
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The adaptive approach to fisheries management involves experimentally manipulating fish populations to learn about the processes regulating fish population size. Although the development and application of adaptive management has focused on Pacific salmon, adaptive strategies have also been formulated for groundfish such as the yellowtail flounder. Application of adaptive management strategies to large marine ecosystems such as the eastern Bering Sea (EBS) is problematic because of the lack of spatial replicates. The biggest resource issue in the EBS is management of walleye pollock. Some of the most important questions about pollock are whether discrete stocks exist in the EBS, the role of cannibalism on recruitment, and the reliance of sea birds and marine mammals on pollock as a food source. In the absence of discrete pollock stocks in the EBS, it may be necessary to compare the EBS stock with the Gulf of Alaska stock, which exhibits coherence with EBS recruitment. The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council currently manages groundfish on a single-species basis without considering multispecies interactions. Adaptive management could be implemented under the existing regulatory framework but it will require a philosophical shift toward recognizing and testing alternative hypotheses. |
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