Assessment and Management of Cephalopod Fisheries and Ecosystems

Dear Colleagues,

Cephalopods are very important invertebrates in the world’s oceans. They play important roles not only in marine ecosystems but also in marine fisheries. Cephalopods present a rapid growth process with rapacious feeding behavior and strong adaptability to the surrounding environment, earning them the name of “opportunists” in the marine ecosystem. Despite the catch decline in groundfish, the catch of cephalopods has steadily continued to increase. Considering their remarkable importance in the world’s fisheries and the dynamics of the marine ecosystem, we present this Special Issue to collect new studies and advances in understanding the fisheries and ecosystem of cephalopods. The scope includes but is not limited to the following aspects: fishery biology, fishery ecology, habitat suitability, stock assessment and management, and ecosystem evaluation.

Prof. Dr. Bilin Liu
Dr. Zhou Fang
Guest Editors

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