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Excessive fishing pressure, whether commercial or recreational, can induce population declines or complete collapse of fisheries (Cooke & Cowx, 2006; Erisman et al., 2011; Froese, 2011; Hutchings & Reynolds, 2004;… Click to show full abstract
Excessive fishing pressure, whether commercial or recreational, can induce population declines or complete collapse of fisheries (Cooke & Cowx, 2006; Erisman et al., 2011; Froese, 2011; Hutchings & Reynolds, 2004; Sullivan, 2003). Responses to fishing pressure are often linked to life-history strategy. Life-history strategies are usually defined within the r-K continuum; that is r-selected species are thought to recover more quickly from harvest than K-selected species (Musick, 1999). However, overfishing can be consequential for r-selected fishes, exhibiting early maturity, high fecundity, and short life spans (Longhurst, 2002), such as Atlantic cod Gadus morhua, whose population collapse was attributed to high commercial fishing pressure (Hutchings & Myers, 1994). Winnemiller and Received: 21 February 2020 | Revised: 18 May 2020 | Accepted: 20 May 2020 DOI: 10.1111/jai.14067
Journal Title: Journal of Applied Ichthyology
Year Published: 2020
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