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Evolutionary impacts of fishing on target populations
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Evolutionary impacts of fishing on target populations
R. Law and T.K. Stokes
In this chapter we bring together evidence on the likely levels of genetic variation, the selection differentials caused by fishing, and what is known about the evolution of traits caused by explotation. The wider issues of genetic changes caused by stock enhancement, species extinbtions and viable population sizes, removal of non-target species and effects at the community or ecosystem level are also important but beyond the scope of this chapter. We call 'for a new research agenda, with a longer-term evolutionary perspective to complement the emphasis on short-term ecological processes that dominates fisheries biology and decision-making at the present time. We believe that an evolutionary perspective will be needed to inform discussions about the continued exploitation and conservation of marine organisms within a precautionary and ecosystem approach to management in the twenty first century.
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R. Law and T.K. Stokes (2005) Evolutionary impacts of fishing on target populations. Chapter in: Marine Conservation Biology: The science of maintaining the sea's biodiversity. Island Press. ISBN-13: 978-1559636629
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R. Law and T.K. Stokes*
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- January 2005
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Chapter in: Marine Conservation Biology: The science of maintaining the sea's biodiversity. Island Press. ISBN-13: 978-1559636629
- Publication DOI: https://doi.org/
