Molluscan fishery sustainability in a complex and changing environment: past and present

本项目主要有三个研究目标：1.描述奥克尼潜水渔业目标扇贝生长模式的空间异质性，确定其与环境变化的关系。描述分层考古垃圾沉积物中选定软体动物物种的年龄组成，确定过去的开发模式及其与环境的关系。联合收割机结合1和2的见解和数据，预测未来气候情景下扇贝种群生产力和对开发的反应。该项目的总体目标是提供对近岸扇贝种群生物过程的正确理解，以支持现在和未来的监测、种群评估和可持续渔业管理。

The project has three main research objectives:1. Characterise spatial heterogeneity of growth patterns of king scallop targeted by the Orkney dive fishery, determining how this relates to environmental variation.2. Characterise age composition of selected mollusc species in stratified archaeological midden deposits, determining past exploitation patterns and relationships with environment.3. Combine insights and data from 1 and 2 to project scallop stock productivity and responses to exploitation for future climate scenarios.The overall aim of the project is to provide sound understanding of biological processes in inshore scallop populations to support monitoring, stock assessment and sustainable fishery management, now and into the future.