Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management

About this book

This second edition represents a culmination of many years' experience by the author Mike King and is an enlarged and fully updated version of this most popular fisheries text book.

Written primarily for those studying this fascinating subject, Fisheries Biology also provides a very useful reference source for fisheries professionals across the globe. In order to address the current increasing concerns about environmental threats to the aquatic environment this new edition includes a brand new chapter covering ecological principles in relation to the aquatic environment. As well as including many new references Fisheries Biology, 2e also includes comprehensive details of now commonplace computer-based analytical tools.

Contents

Resource species - molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, and fish; fishing gear and methods (including destructive methods); population dynamics - distribution and abundance, morphometrics, selectivity of fishing gear, growth (including length recruitment, and mortality) catch curves, and cohort analysis; fisheries yield - from classical methods to simulation models; fisheries assessment - data requirements, collection and analyses, potential yield analyses, financial analyses and fisheries monitoring; fisheries management - management objectives and fisheries regulations; management - management objectives and fisheries regulations.

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Biography

Dr Michael King, Fisheries Consultant, Queensland, Australia