Evaluation of a White Seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) Enhancement Program in California

Theresa Sinicrope Talley, Nina Venuti, Richard Starr and Christopher Myrick

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Abstract: The scientific knowledge and technologies needed to attempt marine stock enhancement have grown in recent decades, yet contributions of many enhancement programs to wild stocks generally remain low. Additionally, enhancement programs are often less effective than they could be in contributing to associated social, economic and management objectives due to exclusion of non-science factors in program planning. An independent evaluation of a White Seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) enhancement program in California highlighted advances and shortfalls in a 30-year old, publicly funded program. While the program advanced the knowledge of biology and culture of White Seabass, it contributed

Keywords: finfish aquaculture; fisheries management; hatchery program; integrated management; Sciaenidae; stock enhancement; tag and recapture; White Seabass (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.77310

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