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Beskrivning
This book covers the biology, exploitation and conservation of the sea bass, a species of major commercial importance. Sea Bass will be an invaluable reference work for fisheries workers, fish biologists and aquaculturists involved and interested in the biology and exploitation of this important species.
'To date little summary information on sea bass has been available, but this gap has been neatly filled by the publication of this solid, comprehensive monograph on the species' biology, exploitation, and conservation...edge of and passion for the sea bass show throughout this volume...there are few aspects of sea bass biology that are not covered at some level in this book...' Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Innehållsförteckning
Series foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. General introduction. Biology and ecology. Nomenclature, taxonomy and morphology. Distribution and general behaviour. Diet and feeding. Early life history and causes of mortality and disease. Migrations, movements and stock identity. Growth and age. Condition and maturity patterns. Summary to part one. Exploitation. The sport fisheries for bass (a description). The commercial fisheries (a description). Aquaculture. Marketing value and production. Commercial fishery assessment and evaluation. Recreational fishery evaluation. Assessment of bass population and state of pre-recruit stock. Assessment of the impact of fishing on the fishable stock. Summary to part two. Conservation and management. Conservation requirements. Management of the UK bass fishery. Progress and prognosis. References. Author index. Species index. Subject index.
