Commemorating 100 years since Hjort's 1914 treatise on fluctuations in the great fisheries of northern Europe: where we have been, where we are, and where we are going

Abstract

Abstract The year 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of Johan Hjort's seminal treatise, Fluctuations in the great fisheries of northern Europe, viewed in the light of biological research. This special issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science commemorates this anniversary. The thirty-two articles that appear herein demonstrate the deep influence that Johan Hjort's work has had, and continues to have, on fisheries and marine science.