The True Mechanism That Controls the Stock-Recruitment Relationship

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I propose a mechanism that controls the stock-recruitment relationship (SRR), which should replace traditional SRR models. The difference between the traditional SRR models and the model proposed herein is whether or not a density-dependent effect is assumed. The new mechanism elucidates the following: 1) why clockwise loops or anticlockwise loops are commonly observed in an actual SRR, and 2) the age at maturity (not a density-dependent effect) determines the slope of the regression line for the SRR. These cannot be explained by the traditional SRR models, the basis of which is a density-dependent effect. The new SRR mechanism can well explain the SRRs for Pacific stocks of Japanese sardine, Pacific bluefin tuna and Arctic bluefin tuna. The new SRR mechanism proposed herein should be used as a valid SRR model when the management of fishery resources is discussed. Without the adaptation of this new mechanism, fishery resource management may continue to be troubled by the lack of validity of the traditional SRR models.

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Sakuramoto, K. (2018) The True Mechanism That Controls the Stock-Recruitment Relationship. Open Access Library Journal, 5, 1-22. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1104341.

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