EDITORIAL: Toward Darwinian fisheries management
Authors: Dunlop Erin S. , Enberg Katja , Jørgensen Christian , Heino Mikko 
Published: July 2009

Table of contents

Introduction

 246–259
Dunlop, E.S., K. Enberg, C. Jørgensen, and M. Heino. Toward Darwinian fisheries management

Empirical evidence

 260–275
Sharpe, D., and A. Hendry. Life history change in commercially exploited fish stocks: an analysis of trends across studies.

 276–290
Conover, D.O. and H. Baumann. The role of experiments in understanding fishery‐induced evolution.

 291–298
Pérez‐Rodríguez, A., M. Morgan, and F. Saborido‐Rey. Comparison of demographic and direct methods to calculate probabilistic maturation reaction norms for Flemish Cap cod (Gadus morhua).

 299–311
Cooke, S.J., M.R. Donaldson, S.G. Hinch, G.T. Crossin, D.A. Patterson, K.C. Hanson, K.K. English, J.M. Shrimpton, and A.P. Farrell. Is fishing selective for physiological and energetic characteristics in migratory adult sockeye salmon?

 312–323
Redpath, T.D., S.J. Cooke, R. Arlinghaus, D.H. Wahl, and D.P. Philipp. Life‐history traits and energetic status in relation to vulnerability to angling in an experimentally selected teleost fish.

Theory and management

 324–334
Hutchings, J.A. Avoidance of fisheries‐induced evolution: management implications for catch selectivity and limit reference points.

 335–355
Arlinghaus, R., S. Matsumura, and U. Dieckmann. Quantifying selection differentials caused by recreational fishing: development of modeling framework and application to reproductive investment in pike (Esox lucius)

 356–370
Jørgensen, C., B. Ernande, and Ø. Fiksen. Size‐selective fishing gear and life history evolution in the Northeast Arctic cod.

 371–393
Dunlop, E.S., M. Baskett, M. Heino, and U. Dieckmann. Propensity of marine reserves to reduce the evolutionary effects of fishing in a migratory species.

 394–414
Enberg, K., C. Jørgensen, E.S. Dunlop, M. Heino, and U. Dieckmann. Implications of fisheries‐induced evolution for stock rebuilding and recovery.

 415–437
Okamoto, K., R. Whitlock, P. Magnan, and U. Dieckmann. Mitigating fisheries‐induced evolution in lacustrine brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis) in southern Quebec, Canada.

 438–455
Wang, H‐Y., and T.O. Höök. Eco‐genetic model to explore fishing‐induced ecological and evolutionary effects on growth and maturation schedules.

There is increasing evidence that fishing may cause rapid contemporary evolution in freshwater and marine fish populations. This has led to growing concern about the possible consequences such evolutionary change might have for aquatic ecosystems and the utility of those ecosystems to society. This special issue contains contributions from a symposium on fisheries‐induced evolution held at the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting in August 2008. Contributions include primary studies and reviews of field‐based and experimental evidence, and several theoretical modeling studies advancing life‐history theory and investigating potential management options. In this introduction we review the state of research in the field, discuss current controversies, and identify contributions made by the papers in this issue to the knowledge of fisheries‐induced evolution. We end by suggesting directions for future research.