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Developing new approaches to global stock status assessment and fishery production potential of the seas

Year of publication 2014

Pages 175

Author Rosenberg, A.A.; Fogarty, M.J.; Cooper, A.B.; Dickey-Collas, M.; Fulton, E.A.; Gutiérrez, N.L.; Yimin, Y.

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9789251079928

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular

Series number 2070-6065 - C1086

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) FAO has been monitoring the state of the world’s marine fish stocks since 1974, and it periodically produces the most authoritative report on the subject – The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture. Information on the state of fishery sustainability is not only important for policy formulation, but also crucial to guide the fishing industry and its managers to develop effective harvest strategies. Moreover, sustainable fisheries require healthy ecosystems. To monitor ecosystem health, it is n ecessary to conduct ecosystem-level assessments that take into consideration both targeted and non-targeted species, interspecies interactions, and other factors that cannot be determined by looking at each stock in isolation. With these objectives, the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of the FAO commissioned a study – Developing New Approaches to Global Stock Status Assessment and Fishery Production Potential of the Seas. This circular presents the results of the study. It consists of two p arts. Part 1 focuses on determining single-stock status and summarizes the results of simulation testing of four methods that can be applied to data-poor fisheries. Part 2 reports the results on the estimation of ecosystem-level production potentials based on satellite-based estimates of primary productivity.

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Rosenberg, A.A., Fogarty, M.J., Cooper, A.B., Dickey-Collas, M., Fulton, E.A., Gutiérrez, N.L.,Hyde, K.J.W., Kleisner, K.M., Kristiansen, T., Longo, C., Minte-Vera, C., Minto, C., Mosqueira, I., Chato Osio, G., Ovando, D., Selig, E.R., Thorson, J.T.& Ye, Y. 2014. Developing new approaches to global stock status assessment and fisheryproduction potential of the seas. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1086. Rome, FAO.175 pp.

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