Conservation of Fish and Shellfish Resources
Managing Diversity
- 1st Edition - June 20, 1995
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: J. E. Thorpe, Graham A.E. Gall, Jim E. Lannan, Colin E. Nash
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 0 9 0 1 - 5
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 6 9 0 6 8 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 2 9 8 1 - 3
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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Request a sales quoteFish 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
AUDIENCE: The primary audience of this book would be university and government planners and scientists, resource managers and administrators, conservation bodies and aquaculture developers. It will also be useful as a source book for graduate and postgraduate students, and lecturers in fish biology, genetics,conservation and ecology. as well as a reference for fishery managers. producers and exploiters.
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.
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.
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 20, 1995
- No. of pages (Hardback): 206
- No. of pages (eBook): 206
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780123909015
- 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.Read Conservation of Fish and Shellfish Resources on ScienceDirect