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Proc Biol Sci ; 274(1613): 1015-22, 2007 Apr 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17264058

RESUMO

Many collapsed fish populations have failed to recover after a decade or more with little fishing. This may reflect evolutionary change in response to the highly selective mortality imposed by fisheries. Recent experimental work has demonstrated a rapid genetic change in growth rate in response to size-selective harvesting of laboratory fish populations. Here, we use a 30-year time-series of back-calculated lengths-at-age to test for a genetic response to size-selective mortality in the wild in a heavily exploited population of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Controlling for the effects of density- and temperature-dependent growth, the change in mean length of 4-year-old cod between offspring and their parental cohorts was positively correlated with the estimated selection differential experienced by the parental cohorts between this age and spawning. This result supports the hypothesis that there have been genetic changes in growth in this population in response to size-selective fishing. Such changes may account for the continued small size-at-age in this population despite good conditions for growth and little fishing for over a decade. This study highlights the need for management regimes that take into account the evolutionary consequences of fishing.


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Evolução Biológica , Pesqueiros , Gadus morhua/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Animais , Tamanho Corporal , Meio Ambiente , Gadus morhua/anatomia & histologia , Gadus morhua/genética , Modelos Genéticos , Dinâmica Populacional
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