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Fisheries stocks from an ecological perspective: Disentangling ecological connectivity from genetic interchange

Fisheries stocks from an ecological perspective: Disentangling ecological connectivity from genetic interchange
Fisheries stocks from an ecological perspective: Disentangling ecological connectivity from genetic interchange
The concept of a stock of fish as a management unit has been around for well over a hundred years, and this has formed the basis for fisheries science. Methods for delimiting stocks have advanced considerably over recent years, including genetic, telemetric, tagging, geochemical and phenotypic information. In parallel with these developments, concepts in population ecology such as meta-population dynamics and connectivity have advanced. The pragmatic view of stocks has always accepted some mixing during spawning, feeding and/or larval drift. Here we consider the mismatch between ecological connectivity of a matrix of populations typically focussed on demographic measurements, and genetic connectivity of populations that focus on genetic exchange detected using modern molecular approaches. We suggest that from an ecological-connectivity perspective populations can be delimited as management units if there is limited exchange during recruitment or via migration in most years. From a genetic-connectivity perspective such limited exchange can maintain panmixia. We use case-studies of species endangered by overexploitation and/or habitat degradation to show how current methods of stock delimitation can help in managing populations and in conservation.
Marine stock assessment, Metapopulation, Telemetry, Molecular markers, Ecological connectivity
0165-7836
333-341
Hawkins, S.J.
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Hawkins, S.J., Bohn, K., Sims, D.W., Ribeiro, P., Faria, J., Presa, P., Pita, A., Martins, G.M., Neto, A.I., Burrows, M.T. and Genner, M.J. (2016) Fisheries stocks from an ecological perspective: Disentangling ecological connectivity from genetic interchange. Fisheries Research, 179, 333-341. (doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2016.01.015).

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Abstract

The concept of a stock of fish as a management unit has been around for well over a hundred years, and this has formed the basis for fisheries science. Methods for delimiting stocks have advanced considerably over recent years, including genetic, telemetric, tagging, geochemical and phenotypic information. In parallel with these developments, concepts in population ecology such as meta-population dynamics and connectivity have advanced. The pragmatic view of stocks has always accepted some mixing during spawning, feeding and/or larval drift. Here we consider the mismatch between ecological connectivity of a matrix of populations typically focussed on demographic measurements, and genetic connectivity of populations that focus on genetic exchange detected using modern molecular approaches. We suggest that from an ecological-connectivity perspective populations can be delimited as management units if there is limited exchange during recruitment or via migration in most years. From a genetic-connectivity perspective such limited exchange can maintain panmixia. We use case-studies of species endangered by overexploitation and/or habitat degradation to show how current methods of stock delimitation can help in managing populations and in conservation.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 January 2016
Published date: July 2016
Keywords: Marine stock assessment, Metapopulation, Telemetry, Molecular markers, Ecological connectivity
Organisations: Ocean and Earth Science

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Local EPrints ID: 396488
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/396488
ISSN: 0165-7836
PURE UUID: f9648a01-c21f-44e1-a3a1-59e6d0bb34bf
ORCID for D.W. Sims: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0916-7363

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Date deposited: 06 Jun 2016 15:09
Last modified: 19 Jun 2024 01:44

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Author: S.J. Hawkins
Author: K. Bohn
Author: D.W. Sims ORCID iD
Author: P. Ribeiro
Author: J. Faria
Author: P. Presa
Author: A. Pita
Author: G.M. Martins
Author: A.I. Neto
Author: M.T. Burrows
Author: M.J. Genner

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