FISHERIES
AND WILDLIFE PROFESSORS
PUBLISH "UNCERTAINTY"
BOOK
BLACKSBURG,
July 23, 2002 -Virginia
Tech's Department of
Fisheries and Wildlife
Sciences and the American
Fisheries Society (AFS)
published the first
edition of Incorporating
Uncertainty into Fishery
Models, authored by
Jim Berkson, Virginia
Tech fisheries and wildlife
sciences assistant professor;
Lisa L. Kline, director
of research and statistics
for the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission;
and Donald J. Orth,
Virginia Tech professor
and head of the fisheries
and wildlife sciences
department.
Models are used in fisheries
management to assess
the likely impacts of
alternative management
policies. Recently,
fishery modelers have
begun to incorporate
uncertainty in their
models, including the
uncertainty of future
environmental conditions
and the uncertainty
of our science. This
new generation of models
should be better suited
for setting management
policy. Incorporating
Uncertainty into Fishery
Models is the first
comprehensive review
of these new methods.
The book contains a
series of studies with
details of the context,
purpose, methods, and
results of each theoretical
application. Geared
towards professionals,
graduate students, and
other academics, the
book is a resource on
the wide range of approaches
available for incorporating
uncertainty into natural
resource models. AFS
calls the publication
"a valuable and
much-needed reference."
For further information,
visit: www.fisheries.org/publications/catbooks
/x54027.shtml or
call (678) 366-1411.
