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Working Paper Series

Currently the only internal academic publication at the FC is the Fisheries Centre Research Reports (ISSN 11989-6727). The Reports usually contain papers from international workshops and research projects at the Centre. They report terminal works that are abstracted in Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts, for the benefit of researchers around the world.

In addition to the Fisheries Centre Research Reports, a new Working Paper Series has now been introduced to serve as a 'placeholder' for papers that are destined for publication in the primary literature. Such a series will help to make Fisheries Centre work available to our colleagues in a timely fashion, and well before the works appear in the primary literature. It will also help us to get timely comments from colleagues. Another advantage of having a Working Paper Series is the ability to cite a working paper, which most journals would not allow you to do with an unpublished manuscript. It should be noted that some journals will not allow the publication of a working paper for papers to be published in them (e.g. Fish and Fisheries, Nature and Science). Authors are therefore advised to check before they publish a working paper.

Logistics, costs

An important principle here is that producing a working paper should impose (almost) zero marginal cost on the authors and the FC. Hence, the following steps for doing so:

    • You have a manuscript which you intend to publish in the primary literature;
    • You format it along the guidelines of the journal you plan to publish it in;
    • You make a pdf of the paper and send it to the PI of your research group, or a person designated by the PI, who will sign off on the paper to verify that spelling and basic formatting requirements have been satisfied (i.e., there are no glaring spelling or formatting errors);
    • This designated person sends the paper to the FC Working Paper editors (Rashid and Steve) for the cover page and a serial number to be assigned;
    • The editors then forward the paper to office@fisheries.ubc.ca for upload on to this website.

    Suggested Citation for FC Working Paper Series Contributions

    An example:
    Vincent, A.C.J., A.D. Marsden and U.R. Sumaila (2005). Possible contributions of globalization in creating and addressing seahorse conservation problems. Fisheries Centre Working Paper #2005-04, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada [Available at http://www.fisheries.ubc.ca/publications/working/series4.pdf].

    NOTE: There is no hard-copy production, so minimal cost to the Fisheries Centre.

2009

Srinivasan, U.T., Cheung, W.W.L., Watson, R., and Sumaila, U.R. Global Patterns of Potential Catch and Value Losses due to Overfishing. Fisheries Centre Working Paper #2009-10, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M., and Sumaila, U.R. A Global Valuation of Ecosystem-Based Marine Recreation. Fisheries Centre Working Paper #2009-09, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Dyck, A.J., and Sumaila, U.R. Contribution of Ocean Fish Populations to the World Economy. Fisheries Centre Working Paper #2009-08, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 

Martell, S.J.D., Walters, C.J., and Hilborn, R. Using Survival and Growth Information as Surrogates for Trophic Variables That May Cause Delayed Density-Dependent Mortality in Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Fisheries Centre Working Paper #2009-07, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 

Ekeland, I., Pareja, C., and Sumaila, U.R. Fisheries Management and Intergenerational Equity. Fisheries Centre Working Paper #2009-06, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Walters, C., Christensen, V., Walters, W., and Kenneth, R. Representation of Multi-Stanza Life Histories in
Ecospace Models for Spatial Organization of Ecosystem Trophic Interaction Patterns. Fisheries Centre Working Paper #2009-05, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Walters, C., Hilborn, R., and Costello, C. Comparison of Marine Protected Area Policies Using a Multispecies, Multigear Equilibrium Optimization Model (EDOM). Fisheries Centre Working Paper #2009-04, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 

Walters, C., and Christensen, V. Foraging Arena Theory. Fisheries Centre Working Paper #2009-03, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Walters, C. Variation in Productivity of Southern British Columbia Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Stocks and Implications for Mixed-Stock Management. Fisheries Centre Working Paper #2009-02, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 

Walters, C., and Essington, T. Recovery of Bioenergetics Parameters from Information on Growth. Fisheries Centre Working Paper #2009-01, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.