Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet

C Roberts, C Béné, N Bennett, JS Boon… - npj Ocean …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Many seafood products marketed as “sustainable” are not. More exacting sustainability
standards are needed to respond to a fast-changing world and support United Nations …

Estimating fisheries reference points from catch and resilience

R Froese, N Demirel, G Coro, KM Kleisner… - Fish and …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
This study presents a Monte Carlo method (CMSY) for estimating fisheries reference points
from catch, resilience and qualitative stock status information on data‐limited stocks. It also …

A review of stock assessment packages in the United States

CM Dichmont, RA Deng, AE Punt, J Brodziak… - Fisheries …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Stock assessments provide scientific advice in support of fisheries decision making. Ideally,
assessments involve fitting population dynamics models to fishery and monitoring data to …

JABBA: just another Bayesian biomass assessment

H Winker, F Carvalho, M Kapur - Fisheries Research, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This study presents a new, open-source modelling software entitled 'Just Another Bayesian
Biomass Assessment'(JABBA). JABBA can be used for biomass dynamic stock assessment …

Stock assessment models overstate sustainability of the world's fisheries

GJ Edgar, AE Bates, NC Krueck, SC Baker… - Science, 2024‏ - science.org
Effective fisheries management requires accurate estimates of stock biomass and trends;
yet, assumptions in stock assessment models generate high levels of uncertainty and error …

Including older fish in fisheries management: A new age‐based indicator and reference point for exploited fish stocks

CA Griffiths, H Winker, V Bartolino… - Fish and …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Larger and older fish contribute disproportionately to spawning and play an important role in
the replenishment of exploited stocks. Fishing often removes specific size‐and age‐classes …

Minimizing the impact of fishing

R Froese, H Winker, D Gascuel, UR Sumaila… - Fish and …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Minimizing the impact of fishing is an explicit goal in international agreements as well as in
regional directives and national laws. To assist in practical implementation, three simple …

[HTML][HTML] The future of marine fisheries management and conservation in the United Kingdom: Lessons learnt from over 100 years of biased policy

PS Kemp, G Subbiah, R Barnes, K Boerder… - Marine Policy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Marine wild-capture fisheries depend on the capacity of the ocean to provide a flow of
harvestable resources to sustain the industry. Paradoxically, conventional fishing often …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 provides an opportunity to advance a sustainable UK fisheries policy in a post-Brexit brave new world

PS Kemp, R Froese, D Pauly - Marine Policy, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Brexit creates a systemic shock that provides a unique opportunity for the UK to implement a
new sustainable Fisheries Policy to better manage the multiple stocks on which future …

MSY needs no epitaph—but it was abused

D Pauly, R Froese - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
The maximum sustainable yield (MSY) concept is widely considered to be outdated and
misleading. In response, fisheries scientists have developed models that often diverge …