© 2004 by ICES/CIEM International Council for the Exploration of the Sea/Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer
Fish Behaviour in Exploited Ecosystems
Preface
a Bergen, Norway
b Bangor, North Wales, United Kingdom
*Correspondence to C. E. Hollingworth. e-mail: ce.hollingworth{at}bangor.ac.uk.
I don't know. The editor did it when I was away.Rupert Murdoch Guardian, 25 February 1994
It is an honour to edit the proceedings of this successful International Symposium and we thank ICES for the invitation. The editing was very much a team effort. The choice of referees and selection of papers rested largely with Professor Anders Fernö and Dr Svein Løkkeborg; Dr Chuck Hollingworth undertook much of the day-to-day administration and liaison with the authors, referees, and publisher. The Conveners, Dr Stephen J. Walsh and Åsmund Bjordal, offered collaboration and advice. ICES Journal of Marine Science Editor Dr Pierre Pepin, advised on policy and performed the important stylistic edit. Final acceptance of each paper was Pierre's prerogative. Judith Rosenmeier, ICES, saw the accepted papers through publication. We have enjoyed working together.
We received 42 manuscripts, 962 pages in all, and sent these for peer review to international journal standards. The authors, editors, and publisher are greatly indebted to the 94 referees worldwide who so willingly took on this job; we list them on page 1242. Most manuscripts inevitably had to be revised or condensed, often to tight deadlines, and we thank the authors for their patience and tolerance. Other manuscripts unfortunately were not ready in time for the proceedings. We are grateful to all those who offered their work for publication here.
This volume presents 27 papers chosen for scientific interest, relevance to the Symposium themes, and suitability to the ICES Journal. Somewhat more than half derive from oral presentations to the conference theme sessions, and 11 are based upon posters. We are especially pleased that these papers present results from around the world and that so many are by young researchers. Together with the session discussion summaries, they give a good sense of what has been learned since the last conference and what must come now.
The title "Fish Behaviour in Exploited Ecosystems" was well addressed in the choice of theme sessions. Steve and Åsmund's Introduction discusses the Symposium's origin, structure, conclusions, and recommendations, so here we shall merely relate the plan of the volume to the five conference themes: (i) observation techniques and experimental designs; (ii) physiological mechanisms of sensory organs; (iii) influence of social behaviour and behavioural interactions; (iv) fish behaviour relevant to fish catchability; and (v) modelling fish behaviour. Perhaps inevitably, some themes attracted more papers than others, but some could be placed equally well under more than one theme – this was true, for example, of some techniques papers. Although we decided broadly to follow the scheme of the Symposium, and to group the papers accordingly, we did move a few when a different position seemed more effective. The volume is closed with five brief reports of the discussions following each theme session, and we urge you to read these.
These proceedings report technical developments, mathematical models, greater understanding of spatial dynamics, schooling and responses to fishing gear, effects of sound, the role of learning, the mating system of cod, and much more. Part of the fun of this book is to dip into subjects beyond one's usual reading.
We are confident this is a timely and important subject for research. On behalf of the authors, editors, organizers, publisher, and everyone else who worked to produce this volume, we hope you will find the contributions enjoyable and stimulating.
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