Achieving sustainable fisheries requires operational methods of monitoring and multiple ways of understanding fish reproductive potential in light of climate dynamics and a variety of anthropogenic factors. This session will showcase some of the challenges to assessing fish reproduction, what we have learned and how we can move forward to incorporate these lessons learned into sustainable actions. Striving for a fuller understanding of the reproduction of fishes includes incorporating multiple knowledge sources including but not limited to: fisher knowledge or support, multiple technical methods (i.e. macroscopic, histological assessment, or observations), environmental interactions, and fish behavior. A major focus will be on how we continue to improve our methods and continue to improve collaborative information gathering across multiple knowledge sources to meet fisheries management needs. This session will be inclusive and a place for fishers, students, scientists, or fishery managers to share lessons learned and ways forward.
Organizer: Eva Schemmel, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, [email protected]
Co-organizer: Erin Reed
Supported by: NOAA