Publications on Stock-Enhancement by SCORE Scientists

Responsible approach to stock enhancement

Blankenship, H. L. and K. M. Leber. 1995. A responsible approach to marine stock enhancement. In Uses and effects of cultured fishes in aquatic ecosystems. American Fisheries Society Symposium 15:165-175. pdf file  >>read now... (smaller & crisper pdf file)

NEW Lorenzen, K. 2008. Understanding and managing enhancement fisheries systems. Reviews in Fisheries Science 16: 10-23. pdf file  >>read now...

NEW Bell, J.D., K.M. Leber, H.L. Blankenship, N.R. Loneragan and R. Masuda. 2008. A new era for restocking, stock enhancement and sea ranching of coastal fisheries resources. Reviews in Fisheries Science 16: 1-8. pdf file  >>read now...

Stock enhancement books

Leber, K. M., S. Kitada, H.L. Blankenship and T. Svåsand. 2004. Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching: Developments, Pitfalls and Opportunities. 2nd Edition. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. 562 pp. Preview at Blackwell's web site for the book

Bartley, D.M. and K.M. Leber, Editors. 2004. Case Studies of the Effectiveness of Stocking Aqucultured Fishes and Invertebrates to Replenish and Enhance Coastal Fisheries. Fishery Technical Paper No. 429. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy. 213 pp.

Population Dynamics and Quantitative Assessment

Lorenzen, K. 2006. Population management in fisheries enhancement: gaining key information from release experiments through use of a size-dependent mortality model. Fisheries Research 80: 19-27.

Garaway, C.J., Arthur, R.I., Chamsingh, B., Homekingkeo, P., Lorenzen, K., Saengvilaikham, B. and Sidavong, K. 2006. A social science perspective on stock enhancement outcomes: lessons learned from inland fisheries in southern Lao PDR. Fisheries Research 80: 37-45.

Medley, P.A.H. and Lorenzen, K. 2006. EnhanceFish: A decision support tool for aquaculture-based fisheries enhancement. Imperial College/DFID. >> read more

Lorenzen, K. 2005. Population dynamics and potential of fisheries stock enhancement: practical theory for assessment and policy analysis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 360: 171-189. pdf file >>read now...

Lorenzen, K. 2000. Allometry of natural mortality as a basis for assessing optimal release size in fish stocking programmes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57: 2374-2381.

Lorenzen, K. 1995. Population dynamics and management of culture-based fisheries. Fisheries Management and Ecology 2: 61-73.

Identifying released hatchery fish

Brennan, N. P., K. M. Leber and B. R. Blackburn. 2007. Use of coded-wire and visible implant elastomer tags for marine stock enhancement with juvenile red snapper Lutjanus campechanus. Fisheries Research 83:90-97. pdf file >>read now...

SCORE logo  Brennan, N. P., K. M. Leber, H. L. Blankenship, J. M. Ransier, R. DeBruler, Jr. 2005. An evaluation of coded wire and elastomer tag performance in juvenile common snook under field and laboratory conditions. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:437-445.  pdf file  >>read now...

Release magnitude effects on growth and survival

SCORE logo  NEW Brennan, N.P., C.J. Walters and K.M. Leber. 2008. Manipulations of stocking magnitude: Addressing density dependence in a juvenile cohort of common snook (Centropomus undecimalis). Reviews in Fisheries Science 16:228-241.  pdf file  >>read now...

SCORE logo  Fairchild, E.A. and W.H. Howell. 2001. Optimal stocking density for juvenile winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 32(3): 300-308.

Leber, K. M., N. P. Brennan, and S. M. Arce. 1995. Marine enhancement with striped mullet: are hatchery releases replenishing or displacing wild stocks? In Uses and effects of cultured fishes in aquatic ecosystems. American Fisheries Society Symposium 15:376-387.  pdf file  >>read now...

Cost effectiveness of release strategies

SCORE logo  NEW Tringali, M., K.M. Leber, W.G. Halstead, R. McMichael, J. O'Hop, B. Winner, R. Cody, C. Young, C.N. Neidig, H. Wolfe, A. Forstchen, and L. Barbieri. 2008. Marine stock enhancement in Florida: A multi-disciplinary, stakeholder-supported, accountability-based approach. Reviews in Fisheries Science 16:51-57.  pdf file  >>read now...

SCORE logo  Leber, K. M., R. N. Cantrell and P.S. Leung. 2005. Optimizing cost effectiveness of size at release in stock enhancement programs. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1596-1608. pdf file  >>read now...

Size-at-release effects on survival

Leber, K. M., S. M. Arce, D. A. Sterritt, and N. P. Brennan. 1996. Marine stock-enhancement potential in nursery habitats of striped mullet, Mugil cephalus, in Hawaii. Fishery Bulletin 94(3):452-471.  pdf file  >>read now...

Leber, K. M. 1995. Significance of fish size-at-release on enhancement of striped mullet fisheries in Hawaii. Journal World Aquaculture Society 26(2):143-153.  pdf file  >>read now...

Release habitat and microhabitat effects

SCORE logo  Fairchild, E.A., J. Fleck. and W.H. Howell. 2005. Determining an optimal release site for juvenile winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum) in the Great Bay Estuary. NH. USA. Aquaculture Research 36:1374-1383.  pdf file  >>read now...

Leber, K. M., N. P. Brennan and S. M. Arce. 1998. Recruitment patterns of juvenile, cultured Pacific threadfin, Polydactylus sexfilis (Polynemidae), released along sandy marine shores in Hawaii. Bulletin of Marine Science 62(2):389-408.  pdf file  >>read now...

Release season effects on survival

Leber, K. M., H. L. Blankenship, S. M. Arce, and N. P. Brennan. 1997. Influence of release season on size-dependent survival of cultured striped mullet, Mugil cephalus, in a Hawaiian estuary. Fishery Bulletin, 95(2):267-279.  pdf file  >>read now...

Acclimation effects on survival

SCORE logo  NEW Fairchild, E.A., N. Rennels and W.H. Howell. 2008. Predators are attracted to acclimation cages used for winter flounder stock enhancement. Reviews in Fisheries Science 16:262-168.  pdf file  >>read now...

SCORE logo  Brennan, N. P., M. C. Darcy and K. M. Leber. 2006. Predator-free enclosures improve post-release survival of stocked common snook. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 335(2): 302-311.  pdf file  >>read now...

Behavior of hatchery fish

SCORE logo  Lee, J.S.F. and B. Berejikian. In Press. Stability in behavioural syndromes but plasticity in individual behavior: consequences for rockfish stock enhancement.  Environmental Biology of Fishes.

SCORE logo  Fairchild, E. A. and W. H. Howell. 2004. Factors affecting the post-release survival of cultured juvenile Pseudopleuronectes americanus. Journal of Fish Biology 65 (Supplement A):69-87.  pdf file  >>read now...

Ecology and life-history

SCORE logo  Fairchild, E.A. and W.H. Howell. 2000. Predator-prey size relationship between Pseudopleuronectes americanus and Carcinus maenas.  Journal of Sea Research 44: 81-90.

Release-transport stress effects

SCORE logo  Sulikowski, J. A., E. A. Fairchild, N. Rennels, W. H. Howell, P. CW. Tsang. 2006. The Effects of Transport Density on Cortisol Levels in Juvenile Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 37 (1):107-112      pdf file  >>read now...

SCORE logo  Sulikowski, J. A., E. A. Fairchild, N. Rennels, W. H. Howell and P. CW. Tsang. 2005. The effects of tagging and transport on stress in juvenile winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus: implications for successful stock enhancement. Journal World Aquaculture Society 36: 148-156.  pdf file  >>read now...

Release contribution to fisheries

Leber, K. M. and S. M. Arce. 1996. Stock enhancement effect in a commercial mullet Mugil cephalus fishery in Hawaii. Fisheries Management and Ecology 3:261-278.

Conserving genetics of wild stocks

SCORE logo  Tringali, M. D., T. M. Bert, F. Cross, J. W. Dodrill, L . M. Gregg, W. G. Halstead, R. A. Krause, K. M. Leber, K. Mesner, W. Porak, D. Roberts, R. Stout and D. Yeager. 2007. Genetic Policy for the Release of Finfishes in Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Publication No. IHR-2007-001.        pdf file  >>read now...

LeClair, L. L., S. F. Young and J. B. Shaklee, 2006.  Allozyme and
microsatellite DNA analysis of lingcod from Puget Sound, Washington and
adjoining waters.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 135:1631-1643.

SCORE logo  Tringali, M.D. and K. M. Leber. 1999. Genetic considerations during the experimental and expanded phases of snook stock enhancement. Bull. National Research Institute Aquaculture (Japan) Suppl. 1:109-119.  pdf file  >>read now...

Aquaculture technology development

SCORE logo  NEW Cook, M.A., R.B. Johnson, P. Nicklason, H. Barnett and M.B. Rust. 2008. Marking Live Feeds With Inert Metal Oxides for Fish Larvae Feeding and Nutrition Studies. Aquaculture Research. 39: 347-353.  pdf file  >>read now...

SCORE logo  Fairchild, E.A., N. Rennels, W.H. Howell and R.E. Wells. 2007. Gonadal development anddifferentiation in cultured juvenile winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. 38(1): 114-121.  pdf file  >>read now...

SCORE logo  M. A. Cook, K. M. Guthrie, M. B. Rust, and P. D. Plesha. 2005. Effects of salinity and temperature during incubation on hatching and development of lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus Girard, embryos.  Aquaculture Research 36:1298-1303.

SCORE logo  Cook, M. A., R. B. Johnson, and M. B. Rust. 2005. Development of method for determining consumption in marine fish larvae. European Aquaculture Society, Special Publication No. 36, Oostende, Belgium.

SCORE logo  Rust, M. B, K. C. Massee, P. Plesha, T. M. Scott, N. Ashton, L. Britt. M. A. Cook, K. Guthrie,and R. Campbell . 2004. Aquaculture of Lingcod. Amercian Fisheries Society Symposium 00:000-000.

SCORE logo  Cook, M. A. and M. B. Rust. 2002. The effect of light intensity on development and hatchery success of lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus (Girard), eggs. Aquaculture Research 33:1-6.

Neidig, C.L., D.P. Skapura, H.J. Grier and C.W. Dennis. 2000. Techniques for spawning common snook: broodstock handling, oocyte staging, and egg quality. North American Journal of Aquaculture 62:103-113.

King, N., W.H. Howell, and E. Fairchild. 1998. The effect of stocking density on the growth of juvenile summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus. UJNR Tech. Rep. No. 26.:173-180

Stock enhancement research and development needs

SCORE logo  Leber, K. M. 2004. Marine Stock Enhancement in the USA: Status, trends and needs. Pp 11-24 In Leber, K.M., S. Kitada, T. Svåsand and H.L. Blankenship (eds) Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching: Developments, Pitfalls and Opportunities. 2nd Edition. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford. 562 pp.  pdf file  >>read now...

SCORE logo  Leber, K. M. 2002. Advances in marine stock enhancement: shifting emphasis to theory and accountability. Pp 79-90 In Stickney, R. R. and J. P. McVey (eds) Responsible Marine Aquaculture CABI Publishing, New York.  pdf file  >>read now...

Leber, K. M. 1999. Rationale for an Experimental Approach to Stock Enhancement. Pages 63-75 in Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching (Ed. by B.R. Howell, E. Moksness, and T. Svåsand) Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford. 606 pages.  pdf file  >>read now...

Stragegic plans for stock enhancement

Blaylock, R. B., Leber, K. M., Lotz, J. M., and D. A. Ziemann. 2000. The U.S. Gulf of Mexico Marine Stock Enhancement Program (USGMSEP): The use of aquaculture technology in "responsible" stock enhancement. Bulletin of the Aquaculture Association of Canada 100(3):16-22.

Leber, K. M. and W. H. Halstead. 2000. Florida stock enhancement: long range plan for success. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Tallahassee. 7 pp.