Article
Sustaining fisheries yields over evolutionary time scales.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 5 Jul 2002
Conover David O, Munch Stephan B
Abstract excerpt
Fishery management plans ignore the potential for evolutionary change in harvestable biomass. We subjected populations of an exploited fish (Menidia menidia) to large, small, or random size-selective harvest of adults over four generations. Harvested biomass evolved rapidly in directions counter to the size-dependent force of fishing mortality. Large-harvested populations initially produced the highest catch but...
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