Textbook
By: Simon Jennings, Michel J Kaiser and John D Reynolds
417 pages, B/w photos, illus, figs, tabs, maps
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Describes fisheries exploitation, biology, conservation and management, and reflects many recent and important changes in fisheries science. These include growing concerns about the environmental impacts of fisheries, the role of ecological interactions in determining population dynamics, and the incorporation of uncertainty and precautionary principles into management advice.
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1. Marine fisheries ecology: an introduction 2. Marine ecology and production processes 3. Fished Species: life histories and distribution 4. Population structure in space and time 5. Fishing gears and techniques 6. Fishers: socioeconomics and human ecology 7. Single species stock assessment> 8. Multi-species assessment and ecosystem modelling 9. Getting the data: stock identity and dynamics 10. Getting the data: abundance, catch and effort 11. Bioeconomics 12. Fishing effects on populations and communities 13. Bycatches and discards 14. Impacts on benthic communities, habitats and coral reefs 15. Fisheries interactions with birds and mammals 16. A role for aquaculture? 17. Management and Conservation options References
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Textbook
By: Simon Jennings, Michel J Kaiser and John D Reynolds
417 pages, B/w photos, illus, figs, tabs, maps
The book is indeed a boon to both the student and teaching communities. Pashudhan "...this book, better than any other single volume I know at present, covers topics that will be important in future ecosystem-based management of fisheries." Fish and Fisheries "Well-written and thoughtfully put together" Professor Terry Quinn (Alaska, Fairbanks) "This book will be widely read and cited" Professor Jeremy Collie (Rhode Island) "Marine Fisheries Ecology is a work of art that provides a broad, ecosystem-level understanding of the biological, economic, and social factors affecting and motivating diverse fisheries at global scales. This "must-read" is an extremely well-written and expertly organized treatise. It will have significant appeal for the established fisheries professional and the student and lecturer alike, including informed members of the public interested in marine ecology and production processes, patterns of fisheries exploitation, socioeconomics, and the complexities of aquatic resource politics and decisionmaking..." Carl V. Burger Past President, American Fisheries Society -and- Chair of the Executive Committee, 4th World Fisheries Congress, Vancouver, B.C. Canada