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ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 2000 57(3):659-668; doi:10.1006/jmsc.2000.0731
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Fishing, selection, and phenotypic evolution

Richard Law

Department of Biology, University of York PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, UK [tel: +44 1904 432614; fax: +44 1904 432806; e-mail: RL1{at}york.ac.uk]

Large changes are taking place in yield-determining traits of commercially exploited fish, including traits such as size-at-age and age-at-maturation. The cause of these phenotypic changes is often not understood, and genetic change arising from the selective effects of fishing may be a contributory factor. Selection generated by fishing gear is strong in heavily exploited fish stocks, and the spatial location of fishing can also cause strong selection. The success of selective breeding in aquaculture indicates that significant amounts of genetic variation for production-related traits exist in fish populations. Fisheries managers should be alert to the evolutionary change caused by fishing, because such changes are likely to be hard to reverse and, if properly controlled, could bring about an evolutionary gain in yield.

Keywords: age-at-maturation, evolutionary effects of fishing, growth rate, heritability, phenotypic evolution, selection caused by fishing, sustainable yield


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