University of Bergen

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Primary Publications

Kjesbu, O.S., Opdal, A.F., Korsbrekke, K., Devine, J.A., and Skjæraasen, J.E. (accepted). Making use of Johan Hjort’s ‘unknown’ legacy: reconstruction of a 150-year coastal time series on Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) liver data reveals long-term trends in energy allocation patterns. ICES Journal of Marine Science.

Subbey, S., Devine, J.A., Schaarschmidt, U.-A., Nash, R.D.M. (accepted, in revision) Modeling and forecasting stock recruitment – current and future perspectives. ICES J. Mar. Sci.

Kjesbu, O.S., Bogstad, B., Devine, J.A., Gjøsæter, H., Howell, D., Ingvaldsen, R., Nash, R.D.M., and Skjæraasen, J.E. (2014). Synergies between climate and management for Atlantic cod fisheries at high latitudes. PNAS. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1316342111

Stevens, C., Consalvey, M. Devine, J., and Clark, M. (2014). Mixing and transport near the shallow-crested Rumble III samount and the implications for plankton distribution. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research:1-22. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2013.872154.

Devine, J.A., Watling, L., Cailliet, G., Drazen, J., Durán Muñoz, P., Orlov, A.M., and Bezaury, J. 2012. Evaluation of potential sustainability of deep-sea fisheries for grenadiers (Macrouridae). Journal of Ichthyology 52(10): 709-721.

Devine, J.A., Wright, P.J. Pardoe, H., and Heino, M. 2012. Rates of contemporary evolution in maturation for North Atlantic fish stocks relative to exploitation and growth rate. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69:1105-1120. 

Devine, J. A., and Heino, M. 2011. Investigating the drivers of maturation dynamics in Barents Sea haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus). Fisheries Research, 110: 441–449.

Devine, J.A.; Haedrich, R.L. 2011. The role of environmental conditions and exploitation in determining dynamics of redfish (Sebastes spp.) in the Northwest Atlantic. Fisheries Oceanography 20:66-81.

O'Driscoll, R.L.; Gauthier, S.; Devine, J.A. 2009. Acoustic surveys of mesopelagic fish: as clear as day and night? ICES Journal of Marine Science 66: 1310-1317.

Baker, K.; Devine, J.A.; Haedrich, R.L. 2009. Deep-sea fishes in Canada’s Atlantic: declines and potential recovery times. Environmental Biology of Fishes 85: 79-88.

Haedrich, R.L.; Devine, J.A.; Kendall, V.J. 2008. Predictors of species richness in the deep-benthic fauna of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Deep-Sea Research II 55: 2650-2656.

Devine, J.A.; Haedrich, R.L. 2008. Population trends and status of two Northwest Atlantic grenadiers, Coryphaenoides rupestris and Macrourus berglax. Pages 463-484 in A.M. Orlov and T. Iwamoto, editors. Grenadiers of the world oceans: biology, stock assessment and fisheries. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 63, Bethesda, Maryland.

Kaartvedt, S.; Torgersen, T.; Klevjer, T.A.; Røstad, A.; Devine, J.A. 2008. Behavior of individuals in mesopelagic scattering layers. Marine Ecology Progress Series 360: 201-209.

Devine, J.A.; Zuur, A.F., Ieno, E.N.; Smith, G.M 2007. Common trends in demersal communities on the Newfoundland-Labrador Shelf. Pages 589-600 in Zuur, A.F.; Ieno, E.N.; Smith, G.M, editors. Analysing Ecological Data, Springer, New York.

Devine, J.A.; Baker, K.D.; Haedrich, R.L. 2006. Deep-sea fishes qualify as endangered. Nature 439: 29.

Devine, J.A.; Haedrich, R.L. 2004. Common trends in fisheries time series in the Northwest Atlantic. In MacKinlay, D.; MacKinlay, C.; Gillan, T. Fish Communities and Fisheries. Symposium Proceedings: Sixth International Congress on the Biology of Fish. Manaus, Brazil, August 1-5, 2004.

Devine, J.A.; Vanni, M.J. 2002. Spatial and seasonal variation in nutrient excretion by benthic invertebrates in a eutrophic reservoir. Freshwater Biology 47: 1107-1121.

Devine, J.A.; Adams, C.E.; Maitland, P.S. 2000. Changes in reproductive strategy of the ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuus, during colonization of a new habitat. Journal of Fish Biology 56: 1488-1496.

Research reports

Kvamme, C., Torstensen, E., Devine, J., Meier, S., Nash, RDM, Wienerroither, R. 2014. Cruise Report: North Sea Ecosysem Survey. RV ’Johan Hjort’, 4 July – 2 August 2013. Internal cruise report, IMR, 50 pp.

Devine, J. 2013. Toktrapport nr. 1 - 2013: The IBTS quarter 1 multispecies bottom trawl survey. Internal toktrapport, IMR. 31 pp.

Can ecosystem-based deep-sea fishing be sustained? Report of a Workshop held 31 August – 3 Sept 2010, Neuville-Bosc, France. Sustainable deep-sea fisheries for grenadiers (G.M. Cailliet, J. Devine, J. Drazen, P. Duran, J. Bezaury, A. Orlov) AND Productivity - Susceptibility Analysis of Deep-Sea Fish Species in a Global Context (L. Watling, J. Drazen, J. Devine, M. Dunn, K. Baker).

Stevens, D, Smith, M.H., Grimes, P., Devine, J., Sutton, C., MacGibbon, D., and Maolagáin, C.Ó. 2010. Age, growth, and maturity of four New Zealand rattail species. Final Research Report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project ENV200703 (unpublished report held by NIWA). New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report No. 59, 41 p.

Devine, J.A., Heino, M., Pardoe, H., and Wright, P.J. 2010. Fisheries-induced rates of contemporary evolution: comparing haldanes and darwins. ICES CM doc.

Devine, J.A., and Heino, M. 2010. Reaction norm analysis of Barents Sea haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus. ICES CM doc.

Dunn, M.R. and Devine, J.A. 2010. An holistic approach of determining stock structure of orange roughy on the Chatham Rise. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2010/17. 66 p.

Devine, J.A. 2010. Catch and effort (CPUE) analysis of hake (Merluccius australis) for HAK 1 and HAK 4 from 1989–90 to 2007–08, with an abbreviated update of the descriptive analysis. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2010/15. 75 p.

Dunn, A.; Hanchet, S.M.; Devine, J. 2009. Descriptive analysis of the toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) tagging programme in subareas 88.1 & 88.2 for the years 2000/01 to 2008/09. WG-FSA-09/39. 28 p. Unpublished manuscript presented to the Fish Stock Assessment Working Group of CCAMLR.

Devine, J.A.; Manning, M.J.; Taylor, P.R. 2009. The length and age composition of the commercial catch of blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus) in EMA 1 & 7 during the 2005–06 fishing year. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2009/48. 35 p.

Devine, J.A. 2009. Descriptive analysis of the commercial catch and effort data for New Zealand hake (Merluccius australis) for the 1989–90 through 2005–06 fishing years. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2009/21. 75 p.

Dunn, M.; Hurst, R.; Renwick, J., Francis, C.; Devine, J.; McKenzie, A. 2009. Fish abundance and climate in New Zealand. New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report No. 31, 73pp.

Devine, J.A., Macaulay, G. 2009. Fish resources assessment survey of the Arabian Sea coast of Oman. Technical report 4 – Mesopelagic fishery resources of the Arabian coast of Oman. Final report prepared for the Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Fish Wealth, 239 p.

Baird, S.J., Bagley, N., Devine, J.A., Gauthier, S., McKoy, J. Macaulay, G., Schwarz, J., Dunford, A., Pinkerton, M. 2009. Fish resources assessment survey of the Arabian Sea coast of Oman. Technical report 5 – Fish resources of the Arabian Sea coast of Oman: habitat, biodiversity and oceanography. Final report prepared for the Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Fish Wealth, 460 p.

Tuck, I.; Cole, R.; Devine, J.A. 2009. Ecosystem indicators for New Zealand fisheries. New Zealand aquatic environment and biodiversity report No. 42 (unpublished report held by NIWA). 188 p.

Gauthier, S., Dunford, A., Macaulay, G., O’Driscoll, R., Devine, J.A. 2009. Fish resources assessment survey of the Arabian Sea coast of Oman. Technical report 3 – Small pelagic fish resources of the Arabian Sea coast of Oman. Final report prepared for the Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Fish Wealth, 446 p.

Macaulay, G.; Devine, J.A. 2009. Analysis of video cameras moored in deepwater aggregations on the Chatham Rise in July 2007. Final Research Report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project ORH2006-01A, Objective 3 (unpublished report held by NIWA). 19 p. 

Devine, J.A. 2009. Catch and effort (CPUE) analysis of hake (Merluccius australis) for HAK 1 and HAK 4 from 1989–90 to 2005–06. Final Research Report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project HAK2007-01, Objective 2 (unpublished report held by NIWA). 74 p.

Devine, J.A. 2008. Descriptive analysis of the commercial catch and effort data for New Zealand hake (Merluccius australis) for the 1989–90 through 2004–05 fishing years. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2008/59. 73 p.

Kulka, D.W., Orlov, A.M., Devine, J.A., Baker, K.D., & Haedrich. R.L. 2008. Red List Assessment  – Bathyraja spinicauda. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 July 2010.

Devine, J.A.; Dunn, A. 2008. Catch and effort (CPUE) analysis of hake (Merluccius australis) for HAK 1 and HAK 4 from 1989–90 to 2004–05. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2008/10. 62 p.

Devine, J.A. 2007. Length and age composition of the commercial landings of kahawai (Arripis trutta) in selected KAH areas for the 2005/06 fishing year. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2007/39. 53 p.

Manning, M.J.; Devine, J.A.; Marriott, P.M.; Taylor, P.R. 2006. The length and age composition of the commercial catch of blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus) in EMA 1 & 7 during the 2004–05 fishing year. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2006/35. 37 p.

Devine, J.A. 2006. Temporal trends in redfish Sebastes spp. abundance in the Northwest Atlantic and the relative importance of fisheries and environmental variables. A report prepared for WWF, Canada.

Devine, J.A.; Schram, S.T.; Hansen, M. 2005. A food web analysis of the fishery in Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Management Report 150, Madison. 43 pp.

Devine, J.A. 2003. COSEWIC status report on spinytail skate Bathyraja spinicauda. A report prepared for the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.

Alexander, G.; Adams, C.E.; Devine, J.A.; Drummond, J.; Bean, C.W. 2000. Loch Leven: Hydroacoustic technique development and fish population estimation. A report prepared for Scottish Natural Heritage.