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Heino, M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2928-3940 & Dieckmann, U. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7089-0393
(2009).
Fisheries-induced evolution.
In:
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.
pp. art. A21213 Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.
10.1002/9780470015902.a0021213.
Abstract
Modern fisheries have drastically changed the level and size dependence of mortality faced by fish populations: commercial fishing usually targets medium-sized and large individuals, which often are reltively invulnerable to natural predators. Life-history theory predicts that fish adapt to these changs through evolutionary alterations in their life histories. Experiments and models predict that such fisheries-induced evolution is potentially fast: significant evolutionary adaptations may occur over time scales of just a few generations. A growing body of observational studies of wild fish populations is supporting this theoretical prediction. So far, fisheries-induced changes in maturation schedules are best documented, but several studies are also pointing to changes in growth and reproductive investment. Although fisheries-induced evolution can render fish populations more robust agaist high exploitation levels, uncontrolled fisheries-induced evolution is likely to reduce both the quality and the quantity of fisheries yields, calling for management strategies that can mitigate such undesirable effects.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Contemporary evolution; Exploitation; Fishing; Life-history theory; Natural resource management |
| Research Programs: | Evolution and Ecology (EEP) |
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| Depositing User: | IIASA Import |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2016 08:42 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 17:20 |
| URI: | https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/8991 |
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