Ineffective fisheries management can result when the spatial scales of assessment and management are inconsistent, or do not reflect the spatial complexity of fish biology or fishery operations. Therefore, it is important to periodically revisit the spatial assumptions of assessment and management to ensure that the scales remain appropriate and complementary. There is limited guidance, however, on how to integrate new spatial knowledge into complex and inertial assessment-management paradigms. Therefore, this symposium will discuss how improved understanding of spatial dynamics, like biological population structure or fishery operations, can be incorporated into decision-making.
Organizer: Roger Brothers, University of Maine, [email protected]
Co-organizers: Lisa Kerr, Daniel Goethel, Aaron Berger