"The book covers fishery assessments, habitat and community manipulations, and common practices for managing stream, river, lake, and anadromous fisheries. Chapters on history; ecosystem management; management processes; communications with the public; introduced, undesirable, and endangered species; and the legal and regulatory frameworks provide the context for modern fisheries management." From fisheries.org.
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Designed for beginning-level readers who have not yet completed more technical coursework in math and science, 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 of particular conservation or management strategies and programs (See Chs. 8, 12); and focuses on the laws that govern the management process and management activities--(i.e., regulating harvest, the use of hatcheries in fisheries management, habitat- related management) and on the types of management and conservation activities that are used.
In 2009, inland fisheries produced some 10 million tonnes of fish. Despite their importance to rural communities, especially in the least-developed countries, little attention has been paid to this sector in recent years. As a result, there is a deficit in management of the fisheries and also an increasing threat to freshwater by a number of non-fishery users of the aquatic resource. As part of an effort to raise awareness of the problems facing inland fisheries and to examine more closely the various issues, this document reviews four of the world's best-documented inland fisheries: the Amazon, Lake Constance, the Mekong and Lake Victoria. These represent two lake fisheries and two river fisheries drawn from a wide geographical sample - Africa, Asia, South America and Europe. This technical paper draws conclusions from the four case studies and more general experience as to some of the main issues facing inland fisheries. Inland fishery statistics are generally are very poor, so knowledge of the actual contribution of the sector to food security is not known. Nevertheless, inland fisheries employ about 56 million people directly and indirectly. The state of the stocks of fish in many fisheries is not known because of the low level of research across the many rivers and lakes. However, it is understood that, in many cases, the main driver of the fish assemblages is not the way in which the fishery is managed but rather the state of the environment as acted upon by other human uses. This means that mechanisms are needed to improve both management of fisheries through forms of comanagement and collaboration at the national and international level between agencies responsible for the management of the aquatic resource in general.
The major objective of the book was to promote better understanding of how various factors must fit together for successful implementation of inland fisheries enhancement programmes. Accordingly, the papers span a broad range of topics: technical, socio-economic, cultural and administrative. Techniques, geographic constraints, problems of information gathering and monitoring, and genetics are addressed. Because of its relative importance as an enhancement technique, stocking received much attention; areas discussed include strategies, modelling and prediction of results, health management and fitness of stocked fish as well as stocking experiences by type of water body. Cage culture: its importance, promotion through extension and limitations is also considered. Other paper cover social and economic benefits and their distribution, institutions and self and participatory management. Country reviews dealing very broadly with enhancements are also included. Contents Chapter 1: An Evaluation of Present Techniques for the Enhancement of Fisheries by R L Welcomme & D M Bartley, Chapter 2: Geography and Constraints on Inland Fishery Enhancements by James McDaid Kapetsky, Chapter 3: Review of the Administration and of Benefits from Fishery Enhancements in Australia by T Petr, Chapter 4: Inland Fishery Management and Enhancement in Cambodia by Nao Thuok, Chapter 5: Reservoir Stocking in Latin America: An Evaluation by Rolando Quiros, Chapter 6: An Appraisal of Stocking Strategies in the Light of Developing Country Constraints by Ian G Cowx, Chapter 7: How Predictable is the Outcome of Stocking? by Kai Lorenzen & Caroline J Garaway, Chapter 8: Review of Stock Enhancement in the Floodplains of Bangladesh by A I Payne & V Cowan, Chapter 9: Optimising Stocking Density of Carp Fingerlings Through Modelling of the Carp Yield in Relationto Average Water Transparency in Enhanced Fisheries in Semi-Enclosed Water Bodies in Western Bangladesh by M Rezaul Hazan & Hans A J Middendorp, Chapter 10: Current Methods and Constraints for Monitoring Production from Inland Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture by K J Rana, R Grainger & Adele Crispoldi-Hotta, Chapter 11: Obtaining Basic Information for the Enhancement of Small Water Body Fisheries: A Regional Project Viewpoint by L Verheust, Chapter 12: Genetical Asepcts of Fisheries Enhancement by D O F Skibinski, Chapter 13: Practical Aspects of Selection and Fitness of Stocked Fish by David J Penman & B J McAndrew, Chapter 14: Health Managment in Stocked Fisheries by R Wootten, Chapter 15: Implementation of Extension for Net-Cage Aquaculture in Indonesian Reservoirs: Pitfalls and Prospects by Sutandar Zainal & Pepen Effendi, Chapter 16: The Development of Cage Culture and Its Role of Fishery Enhancement in China by Baotong Hu & Yeping Liu, Chapter 17: Cage Culture: Limitations in Lakes and Reservoirs by Malcolm C M B & J Alan Stewart, Chapter 18: Fisheries Extension in Small Water Boday Fisheries in Zimbawe by N Songore, Chapter 19: An Assessment of the Economic Benefits from Stocking Seasonal Floodplains in Bengladesh by Liaquat Ali & Md Zahirul Islam, Chapter 20: Social and Economic Aspects of Reservoirs Enhancement in Kerala Reservoirs by D M Peters & C Feustel, Chapter 21: Social Economic and Cultural Aspects in Implementing Inland Fishery Enhancements in the Philippines by Catalion R Dela Cruz, Chapter 22: Open Water Stocking in Bangladesh: Experiences from the Third Fisheries Project by I Ahmad, S J R Bland, C R Price & R Kershaw, Chapter 23: Social and Distributional Issues in Open Water Fisheries Management in Banglades by Paul M Thompson & Md M Hossain, Chapter 24: Enhancement of Inland Fisheries in Nigeria: The Institutional Context Provided by Traditional and Modern Systems of Fisheries Management by A E Neiland & B M B Ladu, Chapter 25: Establishing Fishers Groups for Self-Management of Enhanced Fisheries in Semi-Closed Water Bodies in Western Bangladesh: The Experience of the Oxbow Lakes Small Scale Fisherman Project (OLP-II) by Niaz A Apu & H A J Middendorp, Chapter 26: Status and Prospects of Participatory Fisheries Management Programmes in Malawi by U F Scholtx, F J Njaya, S Chimatiro, M Hummel, S Donda & B J Mkoko, Chapter 27: Participatory Management of Reservoir Fisheries in North-Eastern Brazil by Frances Ivo Barbosa & Wolf D Hartmann, Chapter 28: Inland Fisheries Enhancement Implementation Criteria: Are Common Measures Attainable? A Consultation Restrospective by P A Siri & A F Born.
Fisheries experts increasingly acknowledge the importance of globalization on local, national, and international fisheries. This book brings together fisheries and governance experts from across the globe who present case studies on a broad spectrum of the internationally shared fisheries that inhabit diverse freshwater and marine ecosystem types. Case studies provide the biological background of the fisheries resource, including status and threats to the resource and its ecosystem. The case studies review the evolution and current governance institutions of the fisheries resource, with particular focus on international or global institutions. Each study concludes with an evaluation of the effectiveness of the current fisheries governance institutions, and recommendations for change.
Fisheries science in North America is changing in response to a changing climate, new technologies, an ecosystem approach to management and new thinking about the processes affecting stock and recruitment. Authors of the 34 chapters review the science in their particular fields and use their experience to develop informed opinions about the future. Everyone associated with fish, fisheries and fisheries management will find material that will stimulate their thinking about the future. Readers will be impressed with the potential for new discoveries, but disturbed by how much needs to be done in fisheries science if we are to sustain North American fisheries in our changing climate. Officials that manage or fund fisheries science will appreciate the urgency for the new information needed for the stewardship of fish populations and their ecosystems. Research organizations may want to keep some extra copies for a future look back into the thoughts of a wide range of fisheries professionals. Fisheries science has been full of surprises with some of the surprises having major economic impacts. It is important to minimize these impacts as the demand for seafood increases and the complexities of fisheries management increase.
Inland fisheries are vital for the livelihoods and food resources of humans worldwide but their importance is underestimated, probably because large numbers of small, local operators are involved. Freshwater Fisheries Ecology defines what we have globally, what we are going to lose and mitigate for, and what, given the right tools, we can save. To estimate potential production, the dynamics of freshwater ecosystems (rivers, lakes and estuaries) need to be understood. These dynamics are diverse, as are the earths freshwater fisheries resources (from boreal to tropical regions), and these influence how fisheries are both utilized and abused. Three main types of fisheries are illustrated within the book: artisanal, commercial and recreational, and the tools which have evolved for fisheries governance and management, including assessment methods, are described. The book also covers in detail fisheries development, providing information on improving fisheries through environmental and habitat evaluation, enhancement and rehabilitation, aquaculture, genetically modified fishes and sustainability. The book thoroughly reviews the negative impacts on fisheries including excessive harvesting, climate change, toxicology, impoundments, barriers and abstractions, non-native species and eutrophication. Finally, key areas of future research are outlined. Freshwater Fisheries Ecology is truly a landmark publication, containing contributions from over 100 leading experts and supported by the Fisheries Society of the British Isles. The global approach makes this book essential reading for fish biologists, fisheries scientists and ecologists and upper level students in these disciplines. Libraries in all universities and research establishments where biological and fisheries sciences are studied and taught should have multiple copies of this hugely valuable resource. About the Editor John Craig is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Fish Biology and has an enormous range of expertise and a wealth of knowledge of freshwater fishes and their ecology, having studied them around the globe, including in Asia, North America, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. His particular interests have been in population dynamics and life history strategies. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and the Royal Society of Biology.
