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Science 23 November 2007:
Vol. 318. no. 5854, pp. 1247 - 1248
DOI: 10.1126/science.1148089
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Ecology: Managing Evolving Fish Stocks

Christian Jørgensen,1* Katja Enberg,   1,2 Erin S. Dunlop,2,1   Robert Arlinghaus,3,4   David S. Boukal,2,1   Keith Brander,5   Bruno Ernande,6,7   Anna Gårdmark,8   Fiona Johnston,7,3 Shuichi Matsumura,7,3  Heidi Pardoe,9,10   Kristina Raab,11,10   Alexandra Silva,12   Anssi Vainikka,8   Ulf Dieckmann,7   Mikko Heino,2,1,7   Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp13

Evolutionary impact assessment is a framework for quantifying the effects of harvest-induced evolution on the utility generated by fish stocks.

1Department of Biology, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen;   2Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway.   3Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin;  4Humboldt-University of Berlin, Institute of Animal Sciences, Berlin, Germany.   5International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, Denmark.  6Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques, Institut Fran¨ais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Port-en-Bessin, France.   7Evolution and Ecology Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.   8Institute of Coastal Research, Swedish Board of Fisheries, Öregrund, Sweden.   9Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik;   10University of Iceland, Institute of Biology, Sturlugata 7, Reykjavik;   11Hólaskóli, Saudarkrókur, Iceland.   12INRB-IPIMAR National Institute for Agriculture and Fisheries, Lisboa, Portugal.   13Wageningen Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES), Ijmuiden, the Netherlands.

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: christian.jorgensen{at}bio.uib.no

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