Freshwater Fisheries Ecology

About the EditorJohn Craig is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Fish Biology and has an enormous range of expertise and a wealth of knowledge of freshwater fishes and their ecology, having studied them around the globe, including in Asia, North America, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. His particular interests have been in population dynamics and life history strategies. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and the Society of Biology.

"As a former publisher, I feel able to suggest thatthose who write the blurbs that appear on book coversare sometimes prone to hyperbole when they claim that the content therein represents a ‘landmark publication’, worth every penny of the eighty quid they want you to part with to own a printed copy. But as a thwarted fisheries ecologist, I’d happily agree with whoever made that claim for this book, and not just because at 900 pages and 2.7kg it fits both possible definitions of the term landmark, being simultaneously ‘an object recognizable from a distance’ as well as ‘an event marking a stage or important turning point’.Trying to provide a comprehensive account of inland fisheries worldwide is a daunting task, one that could not sensibly be tackled by a single author, or even a small group. You need a big international team, recruited and guided by someone with experience of fisheries in different climates and cultures, able to identify and bring together a diverse collection of authors, capable of encouraging them to write contributions to meet a common aim rather than to their own agenda, and someone with the ability to edit many contributions into a coherent whole. Persuading John Craig to take on the role was a masterstroke; the longserving editor of the Journal of Fish Biology has the perfect meld of research experience, editorial expertise and familiarity with the writing skills of the population of fisheries scientists. The result is a book drawing together the expertise of over 100 high-calibre contributors that works as a coherent whole, and as a resource likely to stand the test of time. Contributions of varying length are grouped together in eight sections, on topics such as the basics of freshwater ecosystems; freshwater resources of fisheries by geographical region; fishing operations; fishery management; fisheries development; the effects of perturbations; and a final section on future developments.No volume of this type is ever going to be perfect and there are doubtless a few gaps and inconsistencies in the coverage. But the flaws are utterly trivial compared to the strengths, and if I were still an aspiring young fish biologist, or an academic freshwater biologist, a fisheries manager or consultant, I wouldn’t hesitate to buy my own copy. I know, I know, eighty pounds for a book makes the eyes water, but you can get a guided tour of the whole world of fisheries ecology for trivially more than the cost of renewing a UK passport. The book will last you at least as long and make much more interesting reading". (BES Bulletin Vol 48:3 September 2017)

• List of contributors xForeword xivPreface xvAcknowledgements xviSection 1: Freshwater fisheries ecology1.1 Introduction 3John F. CraigSection 2: Freshwater ecosystems2.1 Introduction 7John F. Craig2.2 The dynamics of rivers in relation to fishes and fisheries 9Geoff Petts, Marie‐Pierre Gosselin and Janina Gray2.3 The dynamics of lakes in relation to fishes and fisheries 31Brian Moss2.4 The physico‐chemical characteristics, biota and fisheries of estuaries 48Ian C. Potter, Richard M. Warwick, Norm G. Hall and James R. TweedleySection 3: Freshwater resources3.1 Introduction 83John F. Craig3.2 Northern North America 85Wiliam Tonn, Heidi Swanson, Cynthia Paszkowski, Justin Hanisch and Louise Chavarie3.3 Fennoscandian freshwater fishes: diversity, use, threats and management 101Bror Jonsson and Nina Jonsson3.4 Fishery and freshwater ecosystems of Russia: status, trends, research, management and priorities, 120Yury Yu. Dgebuadze3.5 Fishery of the Laurentian Great Lakes 134Thomas E. Lauer3.6 Canadian freshwater fishes, fisheries and their management, south of 60°N 151John R. Post, Nicholas Mandrak and Mary Burridge3.7 Freshwater fisheries of the United States 166Thomas E. Lauer and Mark Pyron3.8 Fisheries in the densely populated landscapes of Western Europe 181Ian J. Winfield and Daniel Gerdeaux3.9 Freshwater resources and fisheries in Slovakia 191Andrea Novomeská and Vladimír Kováč3.10 Freshwater resources and fisheries in Hungary 196András Specziár and Tibor Erős3.11 Freshwater resources and fisheries in the Czech Republic 201Pavel Horký3.12 Problems and challenges of fish stock management in fresh waters of Poland 208Zbigniew Kaczkowski and Joanna Grabowska3.13 Nature and status of freshwater fisheries in Belarus 216Vitaliy Semenchenko, Victor Rizevski and Inna Ermolaeva3.14 Current state of freshwater fisheries in China 221Yahui Zhao, Rodolphe Elie Gozlan and Chunguang Zhang3.15 Japanese inland fisheries and aquaculture: status and trends 231Osamu Katano, Hiroshi Hakoyama and Shin‐ichiro S. Matsuzaki3.16 Fisheries in subtropical and temperate regions of Africa 241Olaf L. F. Weyl and Paul D. Cowley3.17 Freshwater fisheries resources in subtropical America 256Rafael Miranda3.18 Iberian inland fisheries 268Carlos Antunes, Fernando Cobo and Mário Jorge Araújo3.19 Nature and status of freshwater and estuarine fisheries in Italy and Western Balkans 283Pier Giorgio Bianco and Valerio Ketmaier3.20 Fisheries ecology of Greece 292Ioannis D. Leonardos3.21 The ecology of inland fisheries of Turkey 304Sedat V. Yerli3.22 Fisheries ecology in South American river basins, 311Mário Barletta, Victor E. Cussac, Angelo A. Agostinho, Claudio Baigún, Edson K. Okada, Agostinho Carlos Catella, Nelson F. Fontoura, Paulo S. Pompeu, Luz F. Jiménez‐Segura, Vandick S. Batista, Carlos A. Lasso, Donald Taphorn and Nídia N. Fabré3.23 Inland fisheries of tropical Africa 349Brian E. Marshall3.24 Fisheries of the rivers of Southeast Asia 363Robin L. Welcomme, Ian G. Baird, David Dudgeon, Ashley Halls, Dirk Lamberts and Md Golam Mustafa3.25 Asian upland fishes and fisheries 377A. Ian Payne3.26 Fishes and fisheries of Asian inland lacustrine waters 384Upali S. Amarasinghe and Sena S. De Silva3.27 Freshwater fisheries of Australasia 404Donald J. Jellyman, Peter C. Gehrke and John H. HarrisSection 4: Fishing operations4.1 Introduction 421John F. Craig4.2 Aboriginal freshwater fisheries as resilient social–ecological systems 422Mimi E. Lam4.3 Commercial inland capture fisheries, 438Devin M. Bartley, Gertjan de Graaf and John Valbo‐Jørgensen4.4 Recreational fisheries in inland waters 449Steven J. Cooke, Robert Arlinghaus, Brett M. Johnson and Ian G. CowxSection 5: Fisheries management5.1 Fisheries governance and management 469Robin L. Welcomme5.2 Assessment and modelling in freshwater fisheries 483Tony J. Pitcher5.3 Social benefits from inland fisheries: implications for a people‐centred response to management and governance challenges 500Robert Arthur, Richard Friend and Christophe Béné5.4 A human rights‐based approach to securing livelihoods depending on inland fisheries 513Nicole Franz, Carlos Fuentevilla, Lena Westlund and Rolf Willmann5.5 The optimal fishing pattern 524Jeppe Kolding, Richard Law, Michael Plank and Paul A. M. van ZwietenSection 6: Fisheries development6.1 Introduction 543John F. Craig6.2 Environmental assessment for fisheries 544Nigel Milner6.3 Management of freshwater fisheries: addressing habitat, people and fishes 557Robert Arlinghaus, Kai Lorenzen, Brett M. Johnson, Steven J. Cooke and Ian G. Cowx6.4 Aquaculture 580Randall E. Brummett and Malcolm C. M. Beveridge6.5 Ecological implications of genetically modified fishes in freshwater fisheries, with a focus on salmonids 594L. Fredrik Sundström and Robert H. Devlin6.6 Sustainable freshwater fisheries: the search for workable solutions 616Rodolphe Elie Gozlan and John Robert BrittonSection 7: The effects of perturbations on fisheries7.1 Introduction 625John F. Craig7.2 Harvest‐induced phenotypic change in inland fisheries 626Lauren J. Chapman and Diana M. T. Sharpe7.3 Climate change and freshwater fisheries 641Chris Harrod7.4 Toxicology 695Nic Bury7.5 Impoundments, barriers and abstractions: impact on fishes and fisheries, mitigation and future directions 717Paul S. Kemp7.6 Role and impact of non‐native species on inland fisheries: the Janus syndrome 770Rodolphe Elie Gozlan7.7 Eutrophication and freshwater fisheries 779Ian J. Winfield7.8 Aquaculture and the environment 794Malcolm C. M. Beveridge and Randall E. BrummettSection 8: Tools and future developments in freshwater fisheries8.1 Introduction 807John F. Craig8.2 A list of suggested research areas in freshwater fisheries ecology 808John F. Craig8.3 Molecular ecology and stock identification 811Eleanor A. S. Adamson and David A. Hurwood8.4 Recruitment 830Thomas A. Johnston, Nigel P. Lester and Brian J. Shuter,Countries index 846Fish index 848Author index 860Subject index 884