Biocomplexity and Fisheries Sustainability
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A classic example of a sustainable fishery is that targeting sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska, where record catches have occurred during the last 20 years. The stock complex is an amalgamation of several hundred discrete spawning populations. Structured within lake systems, individual populations display diverse life history characteristics and local adaptations to the variation in spawning and rearing habitats. This biocomplexity has enabled the aggregate of populations to sustain its productivity despite major changes in climatic conditions affecting the freshwater and marine environments during the last century. Different geographic and life history components that were minor producers during one climatic regime have dominated during others, emphasizing that the biocomplexity of fish stocks is critical for maintaining their resilience to environmental change.
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The portfolio effect may convey resilience in variable environments and stabilize abundance to help sustain healthy fisheries.
“This so-called “portfolio effect” may convey resilience in variable environments and stabilize abundance to help sustain healthy fisheries [1, 2].”
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- Authors
- Hilborn, R., Quinn, T. P., Schindler, D. E., & Rogers, D. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2003-05-12
- Volume
- 100
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 6564-6568
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC164486
- OpenAlex
- W2152634574
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- FWCI
- 16.08
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Keywords
- biocomplexity, sustainable fisheries, sockeye salmon, Bristol Bay, spawning populations, life history variation, local adaptation, population resilience, climate change, fish stock management
- MeSH terms
- Alaska, Animals, Ecology, Fisheries, Species Specificity, Oncorhynchus
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