Biotelemetry informing management: case studies exploring successful integration of biotelemetry data into fisheries and habitat management

• Published in: Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences Vol. 76; no. 7; pp. 1238 - 1252
• Main Authors: Brooks, J.L, Chapman, J.M, Barkley, A.N, Kessel, S.T, Hussey, N.E, Hinch, S.G, Patterson, D.A, Hedges, K.J, Cooke, S.J, Fisk, A.T, Gruber, S.H, Nguyen, V.M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa NRC Research Press 01.07.2019; Canadian Science Publishing NRC Research Press
• Subjects: Biotelemetry; Case studies; Communication; Conservation; Environmental management; Environmental protection; Fish; Fish industry; Fisheries; Fisheries management; Fishery management; Fishery policies; Fishes; Freshwater; Habitats; Halibut; Information sharing; Integration; Knowledge; Knowledge management; Laboratory experimentation; Lemons; Local movements; Marine; Methods; Migrations; Negaprion brevirostris; Oncorhynchus; Questions; Reinhardtius hippoglossoides; Salmon; Scientific advice; Scientists; Sharks; Skills; Sonic tags; Telemetry; Tracking networks; Wildlife management; Canada; Nunavut; British Columbia; Greenland; British Columbia Canada; Cumberland Sound; Florida; United States > US; North America Coasts

Biotelemetry data have been successfully incorporated into aspects of fishery and fish habitat management; however, the processes of knowledge mobilization are rarely published in peer-reviewed literature but are valuable and of interest to conservation scientists. Here, we explore case examples fro...