Adult and juvenile mobility has a considerable influence on the functioning of marine
protected areas. It is recognized that adult and juvenile movement reduces the core benefits …

Overfishing has caused dramatic changes in structures of exploited populations as well as
ecosystems. In this article, we focus on fishing effects on age (size) and spatial structures of …

The value of big old fat fecund female fish (BOFFFFs) in fostering stock productivity and
stability has long been underappreciated by conventional fisheries science and …

Empirical studies reveal aging occurs in wild populations. Consideration of the ecological
and evolutionary consequences of these findings is critical for many areas of research …

Cape hake, Merluccius paradoxus, is a valuable commercially exploited demersal species.
Using the 5′ mtDNA control region we show that 96% of 1013 fishes sampled over a three …

Research survey data collected over 24 years (1986–2009) were used to explore long-term
changes in demersal fish assemblages on the west coast of South Africa. Differences in …

Evaluating the nutritional condition of fish larvae is imperative to establish the importance of
starvation, understanding the causes of larval mortality and determining favorable zones for …

Abstract Grote, B., Ekau, W., Stenevik, EK, Clemmesen, C., Verheye, HM, Lipinski, MR, and
Hagen, W. 2012. Characteristics of survivors: growth and nutritional condition of early stages …

Despite its economic and social importance for Namibia and South Africa, limited
documented information exists regarding key aspects of the biology of deep-water hake …

The 'big old fat fecund female fish'(BOFFFF) hypothesis suggests that larger, older female
fish contribute disproportionately more to the reproductive potential of a stock than smaller …