Description
Stock Identification Methods, 2e, continues to provide a comprehensive review of the various disciplines used to study the population structure of fishery resources. It represents the worldwide experience and perspectives of experts on each method, assembled through a working group of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. The book is organized to foster interdisciplinary analyses and conclusions about stock structure, a crucial topic for fishery science and management.Technological advances have promoted the development of stock identification methods in many directions, resulting in a confusing variety of approaches. Based on central tenets of population biology and management needs, this valuable resource offers a unified framework for understanding stock structure by promoting an understanding of the relative merits and sensitivities of each approach.- Describes 18 distinct approaches to stock identification grouped into sections on life history traits, environmental signals, genetic analyses, and applied marks- Features experts' reviews of benchmark case studies, general protocols, and the strengths and weaknesses of each identification method- Reviews statistical techniques for exploring stock patterns, testing for differences among putative stocks, stock discrimination, and stock composition analysis- Focuses on the challenges of interpreting data and managing mixed-stock fisheries
Table of Contents
Foreword Introduction 1. Stock Identification Methods: An Overview2. The Unit Stock Concept: Bounded Fish and Fisheries3. Fishery Management Strategies for Addressing Complex Spatial Structure in Marine Fish StocksGeographic VariationLife History Traits4. Quantitative Traits5. The continuing role of life history parameters to identify stock structureMorphology6. Morphometric Landmarks7. Morphometric Outlines8. Analysis of growth marks in calcified structures: insights into stock structure and migration pathways9. MeristicsEnvironmental Signals10. Parasites as Biological Tags11. Chemical Composition of Fish Hard Parts as a Natural Marker of Fish Stocks12. Fatty Acid Profiles as Natural Marks for Stock IdentificationGenetic Analyses13. Application of Mitochondrial DNA in Stock Identification14. The Nuclear Genome: Neutral and Adaptive Markers in Fisheries ScienceMovement and Mixing15. The use of early life stages in stock identification studies16. Conventional and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags17. Acoustic and Radio Telemetry18. Estimation of Movement from Tagging Data19. Telemetry Analysis of Highly Migratory SpeciesInterdisciplinary Analyses20. Sampling for Interdisiplinary Analysis21. Simulation Modeling as a Tool for Synthesis of Stock Identification Information22. Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Spatial Population Structure for Definition of Fishery Management Units
