Improving Fish Stock Assessments
Improving Fish Stock Assessments

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1998-02-27

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0309174406

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Ocean harvests have plateaued worldwide and many important commercial stocks have been depleted. This has caused great concern among scientists, fishery managers, the fishing community, and the public. This book evaluates the major models used for estimating the size and structure of marine fish populations (stock assessments) and changes in populations over time. It demonstrates how problems that may occur in fisheries dataâ€"for example underreporting or changes in the likelihood that fish can be caught with a given type of gearâ€"can seriously degrade the quality of stock assessments. The volume makes recommendations for means to improve stock assessments and their use in fishery management.

Marine Priority Conservation Areas
Marine Priority Conservation Areas

Author: Lance Edward Morgan

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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Describes the process of identifying priority conservation areas--areas of trinational importance due to their ecological significance and threatened nature--which are in need of international cooperation for successful conservation.

Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems
Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems

Author: James A. Estes

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 0520248848

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"A must read for anyone interested in the ecology of whales, this timely and creative volume is sure to stimulate new research for years to come."—Annalisa Berta, San Diego State University

State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report
State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report

Author:

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780160939952

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This is the first report of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) to summarize status and trends in biotic elements in the arctic marine environment. The effort has identified knowledge gaps in circumpolar biodiversity monitoring. CBMP is the cornerstone program of Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF).