Latest AFS Publications
By Ray Hilborn School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Box 355020, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. E-mail: [email protected] Les efforts pour comprendre comment gérer les écosystèmes aquatiques se basent souvent sur les corrélations entre les actions humaines et les impacts sur l’écosystème. Nous sommes souvent mis en garde sur le fait que la corrélation... Read More
By Ray Hilborn School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Box 355020, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. E-mail: [email protected] Los esfuerzos que se realizan para administrar los ecosistemas acuáticos, a veces se basan en correlaciones entre las acciones humanas y los impactos de éstas sobre los ecosistemas. Suele insistirse en que la correlación no implica... Read More
By Ray Hilborn School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Box 355020, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. E-mail: [email protected] Efforts to understand how to manage aquatic ecosystems often rely on correlations between human actions and impacts in the ecosystem. We are often warned that correlation does not imply causation and that the gold standard for... Read More
By Konstantine J. Rountos Department of Biology, St. Joseph’s College, 155 Roe Blvd., Patchogue, NY 11772. E-mail: [email protected] MOTIVATION Forage species are often defined in scientific and popular literature using terms such as “small,” “schooling,” “short- lived,” pelagic fish found at intermediate trophic levels of marine food chains. However, not all stakeholders use the same... Read More
By Abigail J. Lynch, USGS I’m not sure how many people can trace their career origin back to a specific instance, but I can. I was sitting in a concrete block of a building, an old military installation that had been retrofitted to be an auditorium-style classroom. Students were scattered across the carpeted steps of... Read More
Jordan Skaggs and Micheal S. Allen Soft plastic lures (SPLs) are among the most common tackle components used in recreational fisheries worldwide. Local and national media sources recently raised concern about the effect of discarded SPLs on fish populations (Raison et al. 2014). Fish may consume SPLs directly from baits or after being discarded by... Read More
The American Fisheries Society (AFS) Books Department is a full-service publisher that offers complete planning, peer review, manuscript development, editorial, production, distribution, and marketing guidance and assistance. We publish textbooks, reference books, manuals, handbooks, and conference proceedings. Over 180 AFS-published titles are currently available (see fisheries.org/shop#allbooks). In-depth studies on fisheries and interdisciplinary subjects, thematically-related... Read More
Matias Braccini : E-mail: [email protected] A recent global quantitative assessment suggested that “the majority of shark populations will continue to decline under current fishing pressure” (Worm et al. 2013:198) and concluded that global shark mortality needs to be drastically reduced to rebuild populations and restore marine ecosystems with functional top predators. The high exploitation rates inferred... Read More
Matias Braccini Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories, PO Box 20, North Beach, WA 6920, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] Una evaluación cuantitativa global sugiere que la mayor parte de las poblaciones de tiburones continuarán decreciendo bajo la presión actual de pesca, concluyendo que la mortalidad global de tiburones necesita ser drásticamente reducida con el fin... Read More
Matias Braccini Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories, PO Box 20, North Beach, WA 6920, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] Une évaluation quantitative mondiale récente a suggéré que «la majorité des populations de requins va continuer à décliner sous la pression actuelle de la pêche» et a conclu que la mortalité globale des requins doit être... Read More
