A text that provides a current introduction to all aspects of fisheries science, for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. _ Sci Tech Book News; This book should be a valuable introduction to the subject of marine resources at the college level. In addition, the material is valuable to fishery and social scientists, ... Read morefishery officers and administrators, and students in biology, engineering, economics and law. - Aquaculture Magazine, August 1996; This text offers insight into a topic of increasing importance-the wise utilization and management of sea fisheries to maximize production without exceeding their carrying capacity. Adoption of the approaches presented will improve the conservation and management of the many world fisheries that are suffering from years of inefficient practices. - American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists, December 1996 Show Less