Text in English.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Stock identification methods : an overview -- 2. The unit stock concept : bounded fish and fisheries -- 3. Fishery management strategies for addressing complex spatial structure in marine fish stocks -- 4. Quantitative traits -- 5. The continuing role of life history parameters to identify stock structure -- 6. Morphometric landmarks -- 7. Morphometric outlines -- 8. Analysis of growth marks in calcified structures : insights into stock structure and migration pathways -- 9. Meristics -- 10. Parasites as biological tags -- 11. Chemical composition of fish hard parts as a natural marker of fish stocks -- 12. Fatty acid profiles as natural marks for stock identification -- 13. Application of mitochondrial DNA in stock identification -- 14. The nuclear genome : neutral and adaptive markers in fisheries science -- 15. The use of early life stages in stock identification studies -- 16. Conventional and radio frequency identification (RFID) tags -- 17. Acoustic and radio telemetry -- 18. Estimation of movement from tagging data -- 19. Telemetry analysis of highly migratory species -- 20. Sampling for interdisciplinary analysis -- 21. Simulation modeling as a tool for synthesis of stock identification information -- 22. Interdisciplinary evaluation of spatial population structure for definition of fishery management units.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the various disciplines used to study the population structure of fishery resources. It represents the worldwide experience and perspectives of experts on each method, assembled through a working group of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.

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