A5024556736- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Cruise Tourism Development and Management
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
2022-2024
University of Reading
2019-2022
Animal populations will mediate the response of global biodiversity to environmental changes. Population models are thus important tools for both understanding and predicting animal responses uncertain future conditions. Most approaches, however, correlative ignore individual-level mechanisms that give rise population dynamics. Here, we assess several existing modelling approaches find limitations 'correlative' 'mechanistic' models. We advocate need a standardized mechanistic approach...
Abstract Smartphone applications (apps) that target recreational fishers are growing in abundance. These apps have the potential to provide data useful for management of fisheries. We surveyed expert opinion 20, mostly European, countries assess current and future status app use marine The survey revealed a few already support existing collection, this number is likely increase within 5–10 years. strongest barriers were scarcity concern over quality, especially biases due opt-in nature use....
Abstract Fish are increasingly exposed to anthropogenic stressors from human developments and activities such as agriculture, urbanization, pollution fishing. Lethal impacts of these have been studied but the potential sublethal impacts, behavioural changes or reduced growth reproduction, often overlooked. Unlike mortality, broad difficult quantify experimentally. As a result, ignored in regulatory frameworks management decisions. Building on established fish bioenergetic models, we present...
Year class strength is an important determinant of fish population size, but the drivers are often unknown. The northern stock European sea bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax ) target species for both commercial and recreational fisheries. Scientific assessments showed a rapid decline in spawning biomass from 2010-18 attributed to combination fishing mortality poor year strength. Recruitment adult linked abundance temporal dynamics young estuarine nursery areas, little known about relative...
The northern stock of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) is a large, high value, slow growing and late maturing fish that an important target species for both commercial recreational fisheries. Around the UK, scientific assessments have shown rapid eight-year decline in spawning biomass since 2010 attributed to poor recruitment; this was likely driven by environmental factors fishing mortality. Management informed which population model fitted available data used forecast possible...
The sea bass stock around the UK (northern stock) has declined rapidly over past decade, likely due to a combination of both overfishing and low recruitment. Understanding mechanisms that drive number young reaching nursery grounds is important for explaining observed recruitment variability therefore developing effective management strategies. An individual-based model (IBM) been developed here investigate factors affecting settlement on northern stock. Simulations considered seven years...
Fishery management relies on forecasts of fish abundance over time and space, scales months kilometres. While much research has focussed the drivers populations, there been less investigation decisions made day-to-day by fishers their subsequent impact fishing pressure. Studies that focus fisher smaller vessels may be particularly important due to prevalence in many fisheries potential vulnerability bad weather economic change. Here we outline a methodology with which identify factors...
Abstract The 2023 Annual Symposium of the Fisheries Society British Isles hosted opportunities for researchers, scientists, and policy makers to reflect on state art predicting fish distributions consider implications marine aquatic environments a changing climate. outcome one special interest group at was collection questions, organized under five themes, which begin capture field identify priorities research management over coming years. themes were Physiology, Mechanisms, Detect Measure,...