Represents worldwide expertise in spatial features of marine population dynamics, spatial fisheries management applications, and technological advances in spatial fisheries research and management. Thirty-five peer-reviewed articles feature cutting-edge spatial research in analytical tools, modelling, life history patterns, distribution, physical environment, species interactions, and marine protected areas. The October 1999 symposium, held in Anchorage, Alaska, was the 17th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium.