Quantifying fish range shifts across poorly defined management boundaries

ABSTRACT: Management regimes of marine resources that rely on spatial boundaries might be poorly adapted to climate change shifts in species distributions. This is of specific concern for the management of fish stocks that cross management jurisdictions, known as shared stocks. Transitioning to dynamic rules in spatial management has been suggested as a solution for mismatches between species distributions and the spatial boundaries. However, in many cases spatial boundaries are not clearly drawn, hampering such transitions. Here, we use black sea bass (Centropristis striata), summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and scup (Stenotomus chrysops) as case studies to explore different approaches to designing spatial regulatory units to facilitate the adaptation of fisheries management to shifting dist

SUBMITTER: Palacios-Abrantes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9833556 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature