Response to Turner 2017

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• Journal Title:
  Geo: Geography and Environment
• Personal Author:
  Schueller, Amy M. ; Leaf, Robert T. ; Mroch, Raymond M. ; Nesslage, Geneviève M.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  The Atlantic and Gulf Menhaden stocks (Brevoortia tyrannus and Brevoortia patronus) support the second largest fishery by weight in the US and serve a critical ecological role as forage (Hartman & Brandt, 1995; NOAA Fisheries, 2016; Sagarese et al., 2016). Stock assessment and management of these important stocks have experienced thorough scrutiny from multiple perspectives (Hilborn et al., 2017; Pikitch et al., 2012). Therefore, we feel compelled to comment on Turner's (2017) paper titled “Smaller size-at-age menhaden with coastal warming and fishing intensity.” Our comment is based on three issues: misstatements regarding the stocks’ assessment and management, inappropriate analyses, and limited acknowledgment of alternative hypotheses for the putative patterns.
• Keywords:
  Atmospheric Science Geography, Planning And Development Global And Planetary Change Management, Monitoring, Policy And Law Geography, Planning And Development Global And Planetary Change Management, Monitoring, Policy And Law Geography, Planning And Development Global And Planetary Change Management, Monitoring, Policy And Law
• Source:
  Geo: Geography and Environment, 5(2)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.48
• ISSN:
  2054-4049 ; 2054-4049
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  Wiley
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Library
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