Living Marine Resources Their Utilization and Management

About this book

Provides a thorough, up-to-date introduction to all aspects of fisheries science. This clearly written text offers insight into a topic of increasing importance - the wise utilization and management of sea fisheries to maximize production without exceeding their carrying capacity. Adoption of the approaches presented will improve the conservation and management of the many world fisheries that are suffering from years of inefficient practices.

Contents

Part I Living resources: their habitats and fisheries; Ocean environment; Major resource organisms - plants and invertebrates; Major living organisms - vertebrates; Part II: Fisheries, gear, methods, and landings; Fishing gear and methods; Fish as food (Fisheries technology); Major world fisheries nations; Sea farming (aquaculture). Part III Fisheries biology: Life histories of resource species; Age and growth of resource species; Behaviour; Population size and fluctuations. Part IV Fisheries management and regulations: Management objectives; Management techniques; Examples of management programs; Future of commercial world fisheries. Part V Recreational fisheries: Fishermen, resources, gear, and value; Recreational fisheries biology; Recreational fisheries management; Management techniques; Future of recreational fisheries.

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