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Transient inconsistency between population density and fisheries yields under bycatch persistence
  • Renfei Chen
Renfei Chen

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Abstract

Recent studies have demonstrated the great advantages of marine reserves in solving bycatch problems by maintaining the persistence of endangered species without sacrificing the fisheries yields of target species. However, transient phenomena rather than equilibrium states of population dynamics still require further research. Here, with a simple and general model, the transient dynamics of strong stock fish species are investigated under the condition of weak stock persistence. A surprising and counter-intuitive finding is that fisheries yields can strongly fluctuate even if population density both inside and outside marine reserve only slightly varies, leading to transient inconsistency between the population densities and fisheries yields. This finding suggests that population density dynamics cannot be used to predict the transient phenomena of fisheries yields (or vice versa) in fisheries management. These results will deepen our understanding of the transient phenomenon in marine ecology.
25 Apr 2020Submitted to Ecology and Evolution
27 Apr 2020Submission Checks Completed
27 Apr 2020Assigned to Editor
05 May 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
15 Jun 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
15 Jun 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
05 Jul 20201st Revision Received
05 Jul 2020Submission Checks Completed
05 Jul 2020Assigned to Editor
05 Jul 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
06 Jul 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
20 Aug 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
06 Sep 20202nd Revision Received
06 Sep 2020Submission Checks Completed
06 Sep 2020Assigned to Editor
06 Sep 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
07 Sep 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
10 Sep 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
10 Sep 20203rd Revision Received
11 Sep 2020Submission Checks Completed
11 Sep 2020Assigned to Editor
11 Sep 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
11 Sep 2020Editorial Decision: Accept