... in reproduction. The responses increase roughly proportional to the fishing mortality, so overfishing will not only result in depleted stocks and suboptimal yield production, but it will also lead to faster fisheries-induced evolution. Spawner fishery Feeder fishery Reaction norm h2 heritability Quantitative...

...Fish are one of the most important global food sources, supplying a significant share of the world's protein consumption. From stocks of wild Alaskan salmon and North Sea cod to entire fish communities with myriad species, fisheries require careful management to ensure that stocks remain productive...

...This chapter provides some context on the overall themes and theory of this volume. Throughout, the theory is applied to relevant problems in fisheries science: impact of fishing on demography, fisheries reference points, evolutionary impact assessments, stock recovery, ecosystem-based fisheries...