An evaluation of stock–recruitment proxies and environmental change points for implementing the US Sustainable Fisheries Act

• Published in: Fisheries research Vol. 157; pp. 28 - 40
• Main Authors: Punt, André E., Szuwalski, Cody S., Stockhausen, William
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.09.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aleutian Islands; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Bering Sea; Biological and medical sciences; biomass; BMSY; Control rules; Crab; crabs; Crustacea; Decapoda; Environment and sustainable development; environmental factors; Exploitation and management of natural biological resources (hunting, fishing and exploited populations survey, etc.); fish; FMSY; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Invertebrates; males; North Pacific; overfishing; Stock–recruitment relationship; sustainable fisheries; uncertainty; United States; Pacific Ocean; North Pacific; IN, USA, Alaska, Aleutian Is; IN, Bering Sea; Bering Sea; United States; Aleutian Islands; Crab; Stock–recruitment relationship; FMSY; Control rules; BMSY; North Pacific; Evaluation; B; F; Stock-recruitment relationship; Sustainable use; Crustacea; Fishery; Arthropoda; Population recruitment; Decapoda; Invertebrata; Stock

•BMSY estimates are needed to manage Alaska crab fisheries.•Proxy methods for estimating BMSY are currently used for management.•Methods which use stock and recruitment data and allow for changes in productivity due to the environment are outlined. The US Sustainable Fisheries Act requires overfishi...