The Exploitation of evolving resources : proceedings of an International Conference, held at Jülich, Germany, September 3-5, 1991

I - Selection Differentials.- Fishing as a cause of evolution in fishes.- Selection differentials in male and female North Sea plaice and changes in maturation and fecundity.- Growth and fecundity changes in flatfish.- The effects of fishing on the timing of maturity in North Sea cod (Gadus morhua L.).- Influence of human activity on properties of Atlantic salmon populations.- II - Reaction Norms.- Norms of reaction in fishes.- Individual variation in acquisition/allocation reaction norms.- Reaction norms for reproductive traits in brook trout and their influence on life history evolution affected by size-selective harvesting.- III - Selection Responses.- Trade-offs and genetic correlations among life-history traits: theory and simulation.- The evolution of size and growth in harvested natural populations.- Cohort-structured populations, selection responses, and exploitation of the North Sea cod.- IV - Management and Evolution.- Evolutionary stable optimal harvesting strategies.- Ecogenetic analysis and evolutionarily stable strategies in harvested populations.- Catastrophe-type regulation of pelagic fish stocks: adaptive management for evolving resources.- Size-selective harvesting and age-at-maturity. I: some theoretical implications for management of evolving resources.- Size-selective harvesting and age-at-maturity. II: real populations and management options.- Consequences of size-selective harvesting as an evolutionary game.- List of Participants.