Book Details

By-catch Reduction in the Worlds Fisheries

Publication year: 2007

: 978-1-4020-6078-6

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This book comes after several decades of outstanding and successful research that has helped ameliorate some of the most important and controversial fisheries issues in the world – those associated with the unwanted wastage of fish from by-catch and discarding. The 8 chapters encompass contributions from 27 of the world’s leading experts in by-catch reduction. They take the reader through most aspects of the field at a variety of scales and viewpoints. They examine the methodologies used to develop by-catch reduction techniques and provide new avenues for assisting and broadening such work. Case studies are provided that encompass most of the world’s fishing techniques and regions.


: Biomedical and Life Sciences, By-catch reduction, Fisheries discards, Habitat damage, ecosystem, ecosystems, fisheries