This series reports on human activities that may impact aquatic ecosystems or components of those ecosystems, including the nature of the activities, their extent, their interactions with ecosystem components, and interactions with other human activities on the same areas. Generally, the effects of fisheries on fish stocks were reported in the Stock Status Report series, with regard to their effects on the dynamics of the targeted stocks or bycatch. However, some types of fishing effects were more appropriately included in the HSR series.