Implementation of ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM), a form of integrated management that accounts for species’ roles and interactions in the marine environment, is widely considered the next step towards sustainable management of the world’s oceans. This project develops and compares a set of modeling approaches to help make EBFM practical to implement in the United States.
Summary of Two Published Papers
June, 2011
Tyrrell, M.C., J.S. Link and H. Moustahfid. 2011. The importance of including predation in fish population models: implications for biological reference points. Fisheries Research 108:1-8.
Fisheries Research paper (subscription needed)
February, 2011
Moustahfid, H., M. Tyrrell, et al. 2010. Functional feeding responses of piscivorous fishes from the northeast US continental shelf. Oecologia 163(4): 1059-1067.
Oecologia paper (subscription needed)
March, 2010
Moustahfid, H., M. C. Tyrrell, et al. 2009. Accounting Explicitly for Predation Mortality in Surplus Production Models: an Application to Longfin Inshore Squid. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29(6): 1555-1566.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management paper (subscription needed)
December, 2009
Gamble, R. J. and J. S. Link. 2009. Analyzing the tradeoffs among ecological and fishing effects on an example fish community: A multispecies (fisheries) production model. Ecological Modelling 220(19): 2570-2582.
Ecological Modelling paper (subscription needed)
October, 2009
Moustahfid, H., J. S. Link, et al. 2009. The advantage of explicitly incorporating predation mortality into age-structured stock assessment models: an application for Atlantic mackerel. ICES Journal of Marine Science 66(3): 445-454.
ICES Journal of Marine Science paper
January, 2009
Link, J. S. and J. S. Idoine. 2009. Estimates of Predator Consumption of the Northern Shrimp Pandalus borealis with Implications for Estimates of Population Biomass in the Gulf of Maine. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29(6): 1567-1583.
Link to paper in North American Journal of Fisheries Management (subscription needed)
January, 2009
Tyrrell, M.C., J.S. Link, et al. 2008. Evaluating the effect of predation mortality on forage species population dynamics in the Northeast US continental shelf ecosystem using multispecies virtual population analysis. Ices Journal of Marine Science 65(9): 1689-1700.
ICES Journal of Marine Science paper
December, 2008
Link, J. S. and K. Sosebee. 2008. Estimates and implications of skate consumption in the northeast US Continental Shelf ecosystem. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28(3): 649-662.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management paper (subscription needed)
January, 2008
Overholtz, W. J., L. D. Jacobson, et al. 2008. An ecosystem approach for assessment advice and biological reference points for the Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank Atlantic herring complex. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28(1): 247-257.
January, 2008
Tyrrell, M., J. Link, et al. 2007. The Dynamic Role of Pollock (Pollachius virens) as a Predator in the Northeast US Continental Shelf Ecosystem: a Multi-decadal Perspective. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science 38: 53-65.
January, 2007
Overholtz, W. J. and J. S. Link. 2007. Consumption impacts by marine mammals, fish, and seabirds on the Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) complex during the years 1977-2002. Ices Journal of Marine Science 64(1): 83-96.
ICES Journal of Marine Science paper
October, 2006