Fisheries Management and Ecology is a journal with an international perspective. It presents papers that cover all aspects of the management, ecology and conservation of inland, estuarine and coastal fisheries.

The Journal aims to:
foster an understanding of the maintenance, development and management of the conditions under which fish populations and communities thrive, and how they and their habitat can be conserved and enhanced;
promote a thorough understanding of the dual nature of fisheries as valuable resources exploited for food, recreational and commercial purposes and as pivotal indicators of aquatic habitat quality and conservation status;
help fisheries managers focus upon policy, management, operational, conservation and ecological issues;
assist fisheries ecologists become more aware of the needs of managers for information, techniques, tools and concepts;
integrate ecological studies with all aspects of management;
ensure that the conservation of fisheries and their environments is a recurring theme in fisheries and aquatic management.

Editor
Ian G. Cowx
Hull International Fisheries Institute
University of Hull
Cottingham Road
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU6 7RX
UK
e-mail: I.G.Cowx@hull.ac.uk

Associate Editors
Gordon H. Copp - Cefas-Lowestoft and Bournemouth University - UK
Robin L. Welcomme - Long Barn - Stoke by Clare - UK

Editorial Board
Miran Aprahamian, Environment Agency - Warrington - UK
Dr Peter Bayley - Oregon State University - USA
Dr J Braken - University College Dublin - Ireland
Dr Alain Crivelli - Camargue - France
Prof T Cross - University College Cork - Ireland
Prof Stephen Dadzie - Kuwait University - Kuwait
Prof Sena de Silva - Deakin University - Australia
Dr Lars Hansen - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research - Norway
Dr Peter Hutchinson - NASCO, Edinburgh - UK
Dr John Kocik - Northeast Fisheries Science Centre, Maine - USA
Dr Miguel Petrere Jr - UNESP - Brazil
Prof Michael Power - University of Waterloo - Canada
Gorm Rasmussen - Danish Institute of Fisheries Research - Denmark
Dr Willie Shearer - Montrose - Scotland
Dr Lorenzo Vilizzi, University of Łódź, Poland
Prof Alan Whitfield - JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology - South Africa
Dr Maciej Zalewski - Institute of Environmental Biology - Poland