TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolutionary impact assessment
T2 - Accounting for evolutionary consequences of fishing in an ecosystem approach to fisheries management
AU - Laugen, Ane T.
AU - Engelhard, Georg H.
AU - Whitlock, Rebecca
AU - Arlinghaus, Robert
AU - Dankel, Dorothy J.
AU - Dunlop, Erin S.
AU - Eikeset, Anne M.
AU - Enberg, Katja
AU - Jørgensen, Christian
AU - Matsumura, Shuichi
AU - Nusslé, Sébastien
AU - Urbach, Davnah
AU - Baulier, Loїc
AU - Boukal, David S.
AU - Ernande, Bruno
AU - Johnston, Fiona D.
AU - Mollet, Fabian
AU - Pardoe, Heidi
AU - Therkildsen, Nina O.
AU - Uusi-Heikkilä, Silva
AU - Vainikka, Anssi
AU - Heino, Mikko
AU - Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D.
AU - Dieckmann, Ulf
PY - 2014/3/1
Y1 - 2014/3/1
N2 - Managing fisheries resources to maintain healthy ecosystems is one of the main goals of the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF). While a number of international treaties call for the implementation of EAF, there are still gaps in the underlying methodology. One aspect that has received substantial scientific attention recently is fisheries-induced evolution (FIE). Increasing evidence indicates that intensive fishing has the potential to exert strong directional selection on life-history traits, behaviour, physiology, and morphology of exploited fish. Of particular concern is that reversing evolutionary responses to fishing can be much more difficult than reversing demographic or phenotypically plastic responses. Furthermore, like climate change, multiple agents cause FIE, with effects accumulating over time. Consequently, FIE may alter the utility derived from fish stocks, which in turn can modify the monetary value living aquatic resources provide to society. Quantifying and predicting the evolutionary effects of fishing is therefore important for both ecological and economic reasons. An important reason this is not happening is the lack of an appropriate assessment framework. We therefore describe the evolutionary impact assessment (EvoIA) as a structured approach for assessing the evolutionary consequences of fishing and evaluating the predicted evolutionary outcomes of alternative management options. EvoIA can contribute to EAF by clarifying how evolution may alter stock properties and ecological relations, support the precautionary approach to fisheries management by addressing a previously overlooked source of uncertainty and risk, and thus contribute to sustainable fisheries.
AB - Managing fisheries resources to maintain healthy ecosystems is one of the main goals of the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF). While a number of international treaties call for the implementation of EAF, there are still gaps in the underlying methodology. One aspect that has received substantial scientific attention recently is fisheries-induced evolution (FIE). Increasing evidence indicates that intensive fishing has the potential to exert strong directional selection on life-history traits, behaviour, physiology, and morphology of exploited fish. Of particular concern is that reversing evolutionary responses to fishing can be much more difficult than reversing demographic or phenotypically plastic responses. Furthermore, like climate change, multiple agents cause FIE, with effects accumulating over time. Consequently, FIE may alter the utility derived from fish stocks, which in turn can modify the monetary value living aquatic resources provide to society. Quantifying and predicting the evolutionary effects of fishing is therefore important for both ecological and economic reasons. An important reason this is not happening is the lack of an appropriate assessment framework. We therefore describe the evolutionary impact assessment (EvoIA) as a structured approach for assessing the evolutionary consequences of fishing and evaluating the predicted evolutionary outcomes of alternative management options. EvoIA can contribute to EAF by clarifying how evolution may alter stock properties and ecological relations, support the precautionary approach to fisheries management by addressing a previously overlooked source of uncertainty and risk, and thus contribute to sustainable fisheries.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84891623800&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/faf.12007
DO - 10.1111/faf.12007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84891623800
VL - 15
SP - 65
EP - 96
JO - Fish and Fisheries
JF - Fish and Fisheries
SN - 1467-2960
IS - 1
ER -