The 'stock concept'in fisheries science conforms to theoretical assumptions of stock
assessment models, including negligible movement across stock boundaries, relatively …

Shifts in the distribution of groundfish species as oceans warm can complicate management
efforts if species distributions expand beyond the extent of existing scientific surveys …

Sharks are a taxon of significant conservation concern and associated public interest. The
scientific community largely supports management policies focusing on sustainable fisheries …

Abstract The Central and South Atlantic represents a vast ocean area and is home to a
diverse range of ecosystems and species. Nevertheless, and similar to the rest of the global …

Climate change is rapidly affecting the seasonal timing of spatial demographic processes.
Consequently, resource managers require information from models that simultaneously …

Spatio-temporal models are increasingly used to develop indices of population abundance
from fishery-dependent and–independent data. Developments in spatio-temporal index …

Identifying species at risk of extinction is necessary to prioritise conservation efforts. The
International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is …

Abstract The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimates that over a
third of all chondrichthyan species (sharks, rays and chimaeras) are threatened with …

The blue stingray Dasyatis chrysonota is an important and endemic coastal inhabitant of
southern African coastal waters however, it is listed as Near Threatened with declining …

Many mobile marine taxa are changing their distributions in response to climate change.
Such movements pose a challenge to fisheries monitoring and management, particularly in …