Fisheries Management: Progress toward Sustainability

Fisheries Management: Progress toward Sustainability
ISBN-10
0470996064
ISBN-13
9780470996065
Series
Fisheries Management
Category
Technology & Engineering
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2008-04-15
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Authors
Juan Carlos Castilla, Tim McClanahan

Description

The world’s stocks of wild fish continue to decline, making the task of finding innovative, sustainable and socially acceptable methods of fisheries management more important than ever. Several new approaches from around the world have proved to be successful in stemming the decline whilst increasing fish catches, and under the editorship of McClanahan and Castilla this international team of authors have looked to these examples to provide the reader with carefully chosen case studies offering practical suggestions and solutions for problem fisheries elsewhere. Coverage includes: Community based fisheries Collaborative and co-operative fisheries management Coastal fisheries management The future for sustainable fisheries management Written by many of the world’s most experienced practitioners Fisheries Management: Progress toward sustainability is an important purchase for all fisheries scientists, managers and conservationists. All libraries in universities and research establishments where this area is studied and taught will find this book a valuable addition to their shelves.

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