Evolution of fisheries science

Abstract

In addition to the often contradictory demands of industry, politicians, economists, and environmental/wildlife protection organizations, there are currently several sub-disciplines of marine science making persuasive cases for inclusion in the development of fisheries ecology, and in stock management practices. These include physical oceanography, reproductive biology, community ecology and -the focus of this Theme Section (TS) -evolutionary ecology. The essays (it is essential that they be viewed as such) that follow address several different aspects of this theme.