Fishing, selection, and phenotypic evolution Export

@article{citeulike:3928514, abstract = {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. 10.1006/jmsc.2000.0731}, author = {Law, Richard}, citeulike-article-id = {3928514}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2000.0731}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/3/659?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&andorexacttitle=and&andorexacttitleabs=and&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&volume=57&firstpage=659&resourcetype=HWCIT}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1006/jmsc.2000.0731}, journal = {ICES J. Mar. Sci.}, keywords = {evolution, fishing, selection}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {659--668}, posted-at = {2009-07-24 23:24:50}, priority = {2}, title = {Fishing, selection, and phenotypic evolution}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2000.0731}, volume = {57}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3928514 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3928514 N2 - 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. 10.1006/jmsc.2000.0731 IS - 3 JF - ICES J. Mar. Sci. EP - 668 TI - Fishing, selection, and phenotypic evolution VL - 57 SP - 659 KW - evolution KW - fishing KW - selection AU - Law, Richard PY - 2000/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2000.0731 ER -