Antarctic Fish and Fisheries
Antarctic Fish and Fisheries
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Although Antarctic finfish have been exploited for more than two decades and many stocks now appear to be overfished, this is the first detailed account of this fishery. The book begins by giving a comprehensive description of Antarctic fish biology and ecology, the thorough understanding of which is a prerequisite to sound management of the fishery. Subsequent sections consider the course of finfish exploitation and the present state of exploited fish stocks in the Southern Ocean. The author concludes by proposing more effective management methods for the fish resources of the Southern Ocean in light of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
- The first detailed account of this fishery
- More effective management methods proposed for conservation of fish resources
Product details
No date availableHardback
9780521362504
375 pages
254 × 179 × 25 mm
0.922kg
88 b/w illus. 12 tables
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. The Ecology of Antarctic Fish:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The evolution of the fish fauna of the Southern Ocean
- 3. The composition of the fish fauna
- 4. Classification of the Notothenioidei
- 5. Geographical and bathymetric distribution of the fish fauna
- 6. Adaptations to the environment
- 7. Reproduction and early life history
- 8. Age, growth, mortality and biomass estimates
- 9. The significance of fish in the ecosystem
- 10. Parasites
- 11. Future research
- Part II. Antarctic Fisheries:
- 12. The commercially exploited species
- 13. The development of the fishery
- 14. Trends in the fishery
- 15. Fishing grounds and fishing conditions
- 16. Fish detection and catching methods
- 17. Fishery products
- 18. The development of fish stock assessment and fisheries management in the Southern Ocean
- 19. The effect of fishing on single stocks
- 20. Detrimental effect of krill fishing on recruitment
- 21. Effects of fishing and fishery-related activities on other components of the marine ecosystems of the Southern Ocean
- 22. Approaches to a more effective fisheries management in the Southern Ocean
- 23. Perspectives for a future fish harvest from the Southern Ocean.
