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Conservation of Fish and Shellfish Resources
Managing Diversity
1st Edition - June 20, 1995
Editors: J. E. Thorpe, Graham A.E. Gall, Jim E. Lannan, Colin E. Nash
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780126906851
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eBook ISBN:9780080529813
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Fish and shellfish comprise annually nearly 70-million tons of the world's edible animal protein. However, because of this demand, previously vast stocks have often been exhausted…Read more
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Fish and shellfish comprise annually nearly 70-million tons of the world's edible animal protein. However, because of this demand, previously vast stocks have often been exhausted to the point of near extinction. The first book of its kind in the area of freshwater/marine biodiversity, this extensive work reviews the present status of genetic resource management, its needs and constraints, various intervening human factors such as pollution and overfishing, and problems posed by different species and life-styles. This discussion of the conservation of fish and shellfish resources is illustrated by four diverse groups: Atlantic salmon, cupped oysters, common and Chinese carp, and Nile tilapia. These results, produced by the collaboration of nine leading population and production geneticists, aquaculturists, and behavioral and developmental ecologists should become a fundamental resource useful to biologists, scientists and advisors exploring current issues in the fishery sciences.
Four page color plate section
Database of key organizations for contact purposes
Foreword by Dr. Mike Strauss, Am. Assoc. for the Advancement of Science; and Dr. Peter Day, Rutgers University
Four in-depth case studies by international experts
Editors are major names in marine/freshwater fisheries science
Originally sponsored and reviewed by U.S. National Academy of Sciences
P. Day and M. Strauss, Part I: Summary: J.E. Thorpe, G.A.E. Gall, J.E. Lannan, C.E. Nash, and B. Ballachey, The Need to Manage Fish and Shellfish Genetic Resources. Human Interventions and Genetic Risks. The Conservation of Genetic Resources through Risk Management. Status of Aquatic Genetic Resource Management. References. Appendix. Part II: Management Studies: J.E. Thorpe and L. Stradmeyer, The Atlantic Salmon. D. Hedgecock, The Cupped Oyster. G.W. Wohlfarth, The Common Carp and Chinese Carps. A.E. Eknath, The Nile Tilapia. References. Subject Index.
No. of pages: 206
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: June 20, 1995
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780126906851
eBook ISBN: 9780080529813
JT
J. E. Thorpe
Affiliations and expertise
University of Glasgow, U.K.
GG
Graham A.E. Gall
Affiliations and expertise
University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
JL
Jim E. Lannan
Affiliations and expertise
Oregon State University, Newport, U.S.A.
CN
Colin E. Nash
Affiliations and expertise
Rolling Bay, Washington, U.S.A.
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