The Future of Fisheries Science in North America

Abstract

On the Future of Fisheries Science.- Biodiversity, Spatial Management, and the Ecosystem Approach.- Biodiversity and the Future of Fisheries Science.- The Implications of a Paradigm Shift in Ocean Resource Management for Fisheries Stock Assessment.- Ecosystem-Based Management of What? An Emerging Approach for Balancing Conflicting Objectives in Marine Resource Management.- The Changing Nature of Fisheries Management and Implications for Science.- Astonishment, Stupefaction, and a Naturalist's Approach to Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Studies.- The High-Dimensional Future of Fishery Science.- Stock Assessment: Operational Models in Support of Fisheries Management.- Fisheries Science in the Future.- Some Observations on the Role of Trophodynamic Models for Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries.- Why and How Could Indicators Be Used in an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management?.- Fisheries Abundance Cycles in Ecosystem and Economic Management of California Fish and Invertebrate Resources.- Ecosystem Models of Fishing Effects: Present Status and a Suggested Future Paradigm.- The Impacts of Environmental Change and Ecosystem Structure on the Early Life Stages of Fish: A Perspective on Establishing Predictive Capacity.- The Promise of an Ecosystem Approach: Lessons from the Past - Hopes for the Future.- Technology for Evaluating Marine Ecosystems in the Early Twenty-First Century.- Acoustic Methods: Brief Review and Prospects for Advancing Fisheries Research.- Combining Techniques for Remotely Assessing Pelagic Nekton: Getting the Whole Picture.- Using the Seabed AUV to Assess Populations of Groundfish in Untrawlable Areas.- Technology Answers to the Requirements Set by the Ecosystem Approach.- Accounting for Spatial Population Structure in Stock Assessment: Past, Present, and Future.- Genetic and Evolutionary Considerations in Fishery Management: Research Needs for the Future.- Trends in Fishery Genetics.- The Uncertain Future of Assessment Uncertainty.- Model Selection Uncertainty and Bayesian Model Averaging in Fisheries Recruitment Modeling.- Feedback Control in Pacific Salmon Fisheries.- The Future of Fisheries Science: Merging Stock Assessment with Risk Assessment, for Better Fisheries Management.- The Future of Fisheries Science on Canada's West Coast Is Keeping up with the Changes.- Climate and Fisheries: The Past, The Future, and The Need for Coalescence.- Future Research Requirements for Understanding the Effects of Climate Variability on Fisheries for Their Management.- Opportunities in Social Science Research.- Restoring Rivers in the Twenty-First Century: Science Challenges in a Management Context.