Mainstreaming Fish Spawning Aggregations into Fishery Management Calls for a Precautionary Approach

Many marine fishes mate in massive and spectacular gatherings at predictable times and places. These spawning aggregations are often attractive targets of fisheries. Many commercially important fish species exhibit aggregation spawning, and many have undergone serious declines from overfishing. It is timely to explore whether the exploitation of spawning aggregations makes species particularly susceptible to overfishing; if so, why and how we...