Fisheries Management: A Manual for Still-Water Coarse Fisheries

Carefully compiled by three leading specialists, who each draw on many years’ experience, this book is an essential purchase for all still water coarse fisheries managers.

The correct management of still waters and their fisheries is vital to ensure environmental protection and an appropriate level of stocking densities of healthy fish. This new provides the reader with the necessary information to achieve these goals.

The book's first part covers the ecology of still waters and includes succinct and user-friendly information on physical and chemical processes, nutrient cycles, energy movements, trophic levels, bacteria, plants, invertebrates, fish, disease-causing organisms, mammals, and birds.

Part two provides in depth, but easily assimilated cutting edge information, on how a still-water fishery should be set up, developed and successfully managed. Coverage includes development, preparation and construction; stock assessment and invertebrate survey; control of water quality, aquatic plants, erosion, predators and nuisance species; management of the impact of climate change; fish disease and biosecurity; control of fishing activiti

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Wellby, Ian; Girdler, Ash; Welcomme, Robin

ISBN:

978-1-40-513332-6

Specialty:

• Aquaculture and Fisheries
• Animal Sciences

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

416

Publication Year:

2010

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