Fish Population Dynamics, Monitoring, and Management

Ichiro AokiEmeritus ProfessorGraduate School of Agricultural and Life SciencesThe University of TokyoTokyo, JapanTakashi YamakawaGraduate School of Agricultural and Life SciencesThe University of TokyoTokyo, JapanAkinori TakasukaNational Research Institute of Fisheries ScienceJapan Fisheries Research and Education AgencyKanagawa, Japan

“The most prominent contribution of this book is that it comprehensively introduces the research on fishery stocks around Japan and the present status of management activities for their sustainable utilization. As it is written in plain English, I want to recommend it to a wide range of readers including researchers, administrators, and graduate students who are concerned about sustainable fisheries.” (Akihiko Yatsu, Fisheries Science, Vol. 85, 2019)“This book presents studies on Japanese fisheries stocks and marine ecosystems, which, unlike the Japanese seafood cuisine, was poorly known in the rest of the world. … The English is easy to understand, the book is recommended to researchers, administrators and graduate students in Japan.” (Translated from Japanese, Akihiko Yatsu, Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi, Vol. 84(6), 2018)

• 1 Introduction.- Part I Dynamics of fish stocks in marine ecosystems.- 2 Part I Description.- 3 Biological mechanisms underlying climate impacts on population dynamics of small pelagic fish.- 4 Population dynamics of demersal fish focusing on walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) .- 5 Significance of sex-specific ecological and life history traits on the sustainable exploitation of sharks.- Part II Monitoring systems.- 6 Part II Description.- 7 Biological monitoring: fish eggs, fish larvae and zooplankton.- 8 Acoustic survey.- 9 Fisheries stock assessment.- Part III Management models.- 10. Part III Description.- 11 Harvest control rules.- 12 Ecosystem model in data-poor situations.- 13 Perspectives.