EvoFish at the ICES conference
With fisheries-induced evolution in the spotlight, Bea, Fabian and Mikko from EvoFish attended the ICES Annual Science Conference
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EvoFish was well represented during the Annual Science Conference of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), arranged in A Coruña (Galicia, Spain) last week. EvoFish came with a three strong crew and presented five talks and one poster, all in the theme session "Stocks in flux: From selection pressures via phenotypic and genetic adaptive responses to impacts on ecosystem services":
- Beatriz Diaz Pauli: Behavioural differences between experimental populations of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) that experienced size-selective fishing
- Beatriz Diaz Pauli: Phenotypic and genetic changes in life history traits in experimental populations of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) that experienced size-selective fishing
- Mikko Heino: Changes in age and size at maturation of Northeast Arctic cod are driven by the interplay between environmentally-induced phenotypic plasticity and fisheries-induced selection
- Mikko Heino: How strong is fisheries-induced selection? An assessment of selection differentials caused by fishing
- Mikko Heino: How strong is fisheries-induced selection? A general framework for estimating fisheries-induced selection differentials (poster)
- Fabian Zimmermann: Influence of gear selectivity on maturation evolution and yield
Twitter was popular during the conference, and one can find selected highlights with the hashtag #ICES_ASC - including many tweets from EvoFish.
Following similar theme sessions in 2002, 2006, and 2010, the theme session was the fourth one in series where fisheries-induced evolution has been one of the key topics. Perhaps another one will be arranged in 2018?
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is a global organization that develops science and advice to support the sustainable use of the oceans, with the Northeast Atlantic as the main focus. Each September, ICES holds a conference with rich scientific content as well as many business meetings.
