Assessing the impacts of fisheries-induced evolution

Assessing the impacts of fisheries-induced evolution

Authors:   Dieckmann U

Publication Year:   2011

Reference:  Options (IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria), Summer 2011

www.iiasa.ac.at/Options

Abstract

Pressure from large-scale commercial fishing, as well as intense recreational and sport fishing, is accelerating evolution in some fish populations and threatening the sustainability of fisheries. Scientists are responding with tools to conduct evolutionary impact assessments that can lead to better management of fisheries.

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