evolutionary ecology &
conservation biology
of fishes

Extinction probabilities and species at risk: Selected Publications

Hutchings, J.A., and M. Festa-Bianchet. 2009. Scientific advice on species at risk: a comparative analysis of status assessments of polar bear, Ursus maritimus. Environmental Reviews 17: 45-51. |PDF|

Hutchings, J.A., and M. Festa-Bianchet. 2009. Canadian species at risk (2006-2008), with particular emphasis on fishes. Environmental Reviews 17: 53-65.|PDF|

Mooers, A.Ø., Prugh, L.R., Festa-Bianchet, M., and Hutchings, J.A. 2007. Biases in legal listing under Canadian endangered species legislation. Conservation Biology 21: 572-575. |PDF|

Reynolds, J.D., Dulvy, N.K, Goodwin, N.B., and Hutchings, J.A. 2005. Biology of extinction risk in marine fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272: 2337-2344. |PDF|

VanderZwaag, D.L., and Hutchings, J.A. 2005. Canada's Marine Species at Risk: Science and Law at the Helm, but a Sea of Uncertainties. Ocean Development and International Law 36:219-259. |PDF|

Hutchings, J.A. 2003. Update COSEWIC status report on Atlantic cod Gadus morhua in Canada.  In: COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa. |PDF|

Hutchings, J.A. 2001. Conservation biology of marine fishes: perceptions and caveats regarding assignment of extinction risk. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58: 108-121. |PDF|

Hutchings, J.A. 2000. Numerical assessment in the front seat, ecology and evolution in the back seat: time to change drivers in fisheries and aquatic sciences?  Marine Ecology Progress Series 208: 299-303. |PDF|