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Biosaline Concept: An Approach to the Utilization of Underexploited Resources
by Alexander Hollaender
Hardcover (1979)

CRC Handbook of Mariculture: Crustacean Aquaculture
by James P. McVey
Hardcover (1993)

Paperback (1999)

Table of Contents
Pt. 1. Summary
1. The need to manage fish and shellfish genetic resources
2. Human interventions and genetic risks to fish and shellfish
3. The conservation of aquatic resources through management of genetic risks
4. Status of aquatic genetic resource management
Pt. 2. Management examples
5. The Atlantic salmon
6. The cupped oyster and the Pacific oyster
7. The common carp and Chinese carps
8. The Nile tilapia

Table of Contents
1. Not Enough Fish in the Sea
2. What Economics Has to Do with Fishing
3. Biology, Economics, and Bioeconomics of Fish Populations
4. The Effect of Subsidies
5. Managing Fisheries Rationally
6. Case Studies
License Limitation in Alaska Salmon Fisheries
Lessons from New Zealand
Nova Scotia Groundfish Quota System
Surf Clams and Ocean Quahogs
Wreckfish in the South Atlantic
Halibut and Sablefish in Alaska
Canada's Pacific Halibut Fishery
7. Conclusion: No New Quotas?

Designed for beginning-level readers , this book introduces the breadth of the fisheries conservation and management process rather than the depths and details of specific fisheries conservation and management settings.  It provides a broad background including basic information on fish, their habitats, and people who fish for them; provides numerous examples of both successes and failures, strengths and weaknesses.  From the Back Cover