Introduction to the Fishery Sciences

ContentsPreface1 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 References2 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 References3 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 References9 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