Introduction to the Fishery Sciences
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Introduction to the Fishery Sciences provides a broad introduction into the study of aquatic organisms and ecology of fisheries and some of the legal, social, and political aspects of their use. The book is intended to be used by students and those who want to broaden their knowledge on the science of fishery. The text provides discussions on a wide range of topics such as trends in foodfish production; managing of fishery aquatic environment; identification and classification of fishery resources; and fishery resource management. Limnologists, freshwater biologists, ecologists, fisheries managers, and students in fisheries science will find the book a good reference material.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
1 The Challenge to Fishery Scientists
1.1 Recent Trends in Foodfish Production
1.2 The Need for Food
1.3 The Need for Outdoor Recreation
1.4 Common Property Resources
1.5 Conservation
1.6 The Tasks of Fishery Scientists
1.7 Organization of This Book
References
2 The Aquatic Environment
2.1 Hydrology and the Water Cycle
2.2 Bottoms and Basins
2.3 Physical Properties of Water
2.4 Dissolved Materials
2.5 Photosynthesis
2.6 Circulation
2.7 Summary—The Environment of Fish and Fishing
References
3 Food Chain and Resource Organisms
3.1 Identification and Nomenclature
3.2 Classification
3.3 Major Groups
References
4 Biology of Aquatic Resource Organisms
4.1 Senses
4.2 Respiration
4.3 Osmoregulation
4.4 Schooling
4.5 Food and Feeding
4.6 Reproduction and Early Development
4.7 Age and Growth
4.8 Toxins and Diseases from Aquatic Resources
References
5 Basic Ecology
5.1 Single-Species Populations
5.2 Communities and Ecosystems
5.3 Material and Energy Flow
5.4 Production and Yield
References
6 Analysis of Exploited Populations
6.1 Effects of Fishing
6.2 Stocks and Migrations
6.3 Collection of Basic Data
6.4 Availability and Gear Selectivity
6.5 Recruitment
6.6 Stock Size
6.7 Survival and Mortality
6.8 Growth
6.9 Yield Models
References
7 Aquacultural Science
7.1 Control of Environment
7.2 Amenable Species
7.3 Selective Breeding
7.4 Nutrition
7.5 Diseases and Their Control
References
8 Fisheries and Their Methods
8.1 History of Food Fisheries
8.2 Recent Trends in Production
8.3 Modem Fishing Systems
8.4 Preservation and Processing
8.5 Consumption and Distribution
8.6 Recreational Fishing
8.7 Private Aquaculture
8.8 Public Aquaculture
References
9 Fishery Resource Management
9.1 Functions of Fishery Resource Agencies
9.2 Origins of Public Policy
9.3 Objectives and Methods of Management
9.4 Economic Problems of Fishery Management
9.5 Conflicts with Other Uses of Water
9.6 The International Law of Fisheries
9.7 Special Problems of Fishery Development
References
Subject Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 362
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1972
- Published: January 1, 1972
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483271620
About the Author
William F. Royce
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