Open AccessFish Population Recruitment 2: Stock Recruit Relationships and why they matter for stock assessment
Author(s) -
Edward V. Camp,
Angela B. Collins,
Robert Ahrens,
Kai Lorenzen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-fa234-2021
Subject(s) - stock (firearms) , stock assessment , fish stock , fishery , population , stock management , business , population dynamics of fisheries , fish <actinopterygii> , geography , biology , fishing , demography , archaeology , sociology , plan (archaeology)
A good understanding of stock recruitment is essential for accurate stock assessment and good fisheries management. But recruitment and how it is used can be difficult to understand. This publication uses a recent Florida spotted seatrout stock assessment as an example to show how the stock-recruit relationship allows managers to determine whether or not a given fish population is overfished.