Although within their own disciplines, the statistical, social science, medical, and terrestrial
ecology literatures are replete with accounts of the widespread misapplication and misuse of …

My purpose in this book is to bring together in one place a summary of the voluminous
information relevant to fisheries oceanography that has been published during the more …

Pacific sardine (Sardinops saga x) is a commercially important species and supports
important fisheries in the Northwest Pacific Ocean (NPO). Understanding the habitat …

China remains the largest nation of marine capture fisheries in the world in the last few
decades, at the cost of offshore fisheries degradation by overfishing. Although fisheries …

Solomon Islanders are highly dependent on their coastal resources for food and livelihoods.
Parts of some islands are now quite densely populated and some groups are being forced to …

We confirm that sardine recruitment in the California Current, during the last three decades,
mimics aspects of the environment in the North Pacific indicated by the Pacific Decadal …

Abstract Although the Gulf of California is widely recognized as a region of high productivity
and biodiversity, recent oceanographic and ecological changes have had a significant …

Recruitment varies substantially in small pelagic fish populations. Understanding of the
mechanisms linking environment to recruitment is essential for the effective management of …

Catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) standardization in fisheries is a critical foundation for
conducting stock assessment and fishery conservation. The Pacific sardine (Sardinops …

Knowing the population dynamics and the variations in the abundance of the Pacific sardine
is essential for suitable fishing management. Due to the possibility that the different stocks of …