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. 2005 Feb 28;360(1454):315–338. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1586

Table 2.

Overview of pelagic marine fish data (ordered taxonomically) used in analysis and their population trends over time. (Column headings same as table 1.)

names—family common (latin binomial) region population abundance metric years pre-1992 slope post-1992 slope change in abundance Amat Lmat growth age-structure citationa
Carcharhinidae
blue shark (Prionace glauca) NMA/NWA Northwest Atlantic CPUETOTb 1986–2000 −0.086 −0.031 D 0 0 0 0 1, 2
hammerhead shark (Sphyrna spp.) NMA/NWA Northwest Atlantic CPUETOTb 1986–2000 −0.091 −0.044 D 0 0 0 0 1
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) NMA/NWA Northwest Atlantic CPUETOTb 1992–2000 −0.070 D 0 0 0 0 1
tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvieri) NMA/NWA Northwest Atlantic CPUETOTb 1986–2000 −0.078 −0.006 D 0 0 0 0 1
Lamnidae
great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) NMA/NWA Northwest Atlantic CPUETOTb 1986–2000 0.013 −0.148 D 0 0 0 0 1
mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) NMA/NWA Northwest Atlantic CPUETOTb 1986–2000 −0.027 −0.037 D 0 0 0 0 1
porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) NWA Canadian Atlantic NSSB 1961–2001 −0.029 −0.099 D 0 0 0 1 3
Alopiidae
thresher shark (Alopias super-ciliousus, A. vulpinus) NMA/NWA Northwest Atlantic CPUETOTb 1986–2000 −0.097 −0.031 D 0 0 0 0 1
Engraulidae
anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) NEA Bay of Biscay SSB 1987–2002 0.080 0.021 I N/A 0 1 1 4
Clupeidae
Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) NMA E US SSB 1955–2002 −0.009 −0.016 D 0 0 1 1 5
herring (Clupea harengus) NEA Baltic (Subdiv. 25–29, 32) SSB 1974–2004 −0.037 −0.052 D 0 0 1 1 6
Bothnian Bay (Subdiv. 31) SSB 1980–2003 −0.015 −0.011 D 1 0 1 1 6
Bothnian Sea (Subdiv. 30) SSB 1973–2004 0.041 −0.013 I 0 0 1 1 6
Celtic Sea (Div VIIj) SSB 1958–2003 −0.017 −0.050 D 0 0 1 1 6
Gulf of Riga SSB 1977–2004 0.042 0 I 0 0 1 1 6
Iceland (summer spawners) SSB 1981–2004 0.064 0.011 I 1 0 1 1 6
North Sea (IV, VIId, IIIa) SSB 1960–2004 −0.019 0.122 D 1 0 1 1 6
Norway (spring spawners) SSB 1950–2004 −0.066 0.034 D 1 1 1 1 6
West of Scotland SSB 1957–2004 −0.035 0.049 D 1 0 1 1 6
Subdiv. 22–24, IIIa SSB 1991–2004 −0.042 D 0 0 1 1 6
NWA E/SE Newfoundland (White & Notre Dame Bay) CPUETOT 1988–2002 0.384 −0.303 D 1 1 1 1 7
E/SE Newfoundland (Bona-vista & Trinity Bay) CPUETOT 1988–2002 0.261 −0.182 D 1 1 1 1 7
E/SE Newfoundland (St Mary's & Placentia Bay) CPUETOT 1982–2002 0.075 0.157 I 1 1 1 1 7
E/SE Newfoundland (Fortune Bay) CPUETOT 1982–2002 0.266 0.067 I 1 1 1 1 7
W Newfoundland (4R spring spawners) ? 1 0 1 1 8
W Newfoundland (4R fall spawners) ? 1 0 1 1 8
S Gulf of St. Lawrence NSSB 1978–2003 0.156 −0.097 I 0 0 1 1 9
Scotian Shelf (4VWX) CPUETOT 1970–2002 0.122 0.189 I 0 0 1 1 10
NMA Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine SSB 1960–2000 −0.067 0.113 I 0 0 1 1 11
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) NEP Queen Charlotte Is., BC SSB 1951–2003 0.033 −0.063 D 0 0 1 1 12, 13
Prince Rupert District, BC SSB 1951–2003 0.004 −0.013 I 0 0 1 1 12, 13
Central Coast, BC SSB 1951–2003 0.019 −0.064 I 0 0 1 1 12, 13
Georgia Strait, BC SSB 1951–2003 0.008 0 I 0 0 1 1 12, 13
W coast Vancouver Is., BC SSB 1951–2003 0.024 −0.057 I 0 0 1 1 12, 13
sardine (Sardina pilchardus) NEA Spain & Portugal SSB 1978–2003 −0.001 −0.032 D 1 0 1 1 4
sprat (Sprattus sprattus) NEA Subdivisions 22–32 SSB 1974–2004 0.009 −0.005 I 0 0 1 1 6
Osmeridae
capelin (Mallotus villosus) NEA Barents Sea SSB 1973–2003 −0.076 0.166 I 0 0 0 1 6
Iceland–E Greenland–Jan Mayen SSB 1978–2004 0.019 −0.004 I 0 0 1 1 6
Gadidae
blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) NEA Northeast Atlantic SSB 1981–2004 −0.024 0.061 I 0 0 1 1 6
Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarki) NEA North Sea, Skaggerak & Kattegak SSB 1974–2003 −0.032 −0.003 S 0 0 1 1 4
Carangidae
horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) NEA Western (Div. II–VIII) SSB 1982–2002 0.127 −0.07 S 0 0 1 1 4
Scombridae
mackerel (Scomber scombrus) NEA S, W & North Sea Components SSB 1977–2003 −0.006 0.019 I 1 0 1 1 4
b

Data used in these analyses were from fisheries-dependent (logbook) data.