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On the challenges and opportunities facing fish biology: a discussion of five key knowledge gaps
Author(s) -
Jacobs A.,
Doran C.,
Murray D. S.,
Duffill Telsnig J.,
Laskowski K. L.,
Jones N. A. R.,
Auer S. K.,
Præbel K.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/jfb.13545
Subject(s) - biology , overfishing , fish <actinopterygii> , key (lock) , food security , fish stock , fisheries science , table (database) , fishery , ecology , fisheries management , fishing , computer science , data mining , agriculture
Many fish species face increasing challenges associated with climate change and overfishing. At the same time, aquaculture is becoming vital for food security. Gaining a deeper understanding of the basic biology of fish is therefore more important than ever. Here we synthesize and summarize key questions, opportunities and challenges in fish biology highlighted during a round‐table discussion at the 50th Anniversary Symposium of The Fisheries Society of the British Isles, held at the University of Exeter, U.K., in July 2017. We identified several knowledge gaps but also key opportunities for fish biology to inform food security, for collective behaviour, evolutionary history and trait correlations to predict responses to environmental change and for novel analytical approaches to mine existing data sets. Overall, more integrative approaches through stronger collaborations across different fields are needed to advance our understanding of the basic biology of fish.