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Pingguo He - Behavior of Marine Fishes - 9780813815367 - V9780813815367
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Behavior of Marine Fishes

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Description for Behavior of Marine Fishes Hardcover. Understanding fish behavior in relation to capture processes in marine fisheries is of fundamental importance to reducing bycatch and discards, and to enhancing marine fisheries conservation efforts. Num Pages: 392 pages, ill. BIC Classification: KNAF; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 194 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1030.
BEHAVIOR OF MARINE FISHES

BEHAVIOR OF MARINE FISHES:

Capture Processes and Conservation Challenges

Understanding fish behavior in relation to capture processes in marine fisheries is of fundamental importance to reducing bycatch and discards, and to enhancing marine fisheries conservation efforts. A thorough understanding of this allows commercial fishers to more effectively capture target species while reducing the catch of unwanted species. Behavior of Marine Fishes: Capture Processes and Conservation Challenges provides the reader with principles, patterns, and characteristics on fish behavior and fish capture processes using several types of important commercial fishing gears. The book also highlights conservation challenges facing ... Read more

SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • Synthesis of current research and valuable knowledge that will help reduce bycatch and discards in commercial fisheries
  • Review of basic fish behavioral principles and patterns and their relation to capture methods and conservation efforts
  • Contributions from leading international applied fish behaviorists and fishing gear technologists
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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780813815367
SKU
V9780813815367
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Pingguo He
PINGGUO HE, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the School for Marine Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Prior to this position, he was a Research Associate Professor of Fisheries at the Institute for the Study of the Earth, Oceans, and Space and an Extension Specialist for Commercial Fisheries at the New Hampshire Sea Grant, the University ... Read more

Reviews for Behavior of Marine Fishes
“It is my hope that this book will stimulate continued technological advances, thereby reducing the destructive effects of commercial fishing.”  (The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1 March 2012)   “It is my hope that this book will stimulate continued technological advances, thereby reducing the destructive effects of commercial fishing.”  (The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1 March 2012) ... Read more

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