Publisher Wiley-Blackwell (formerly Blackwell Publishing), UK, has announced the launch of a new book titled Advances in Fisheries Science: 50 years on from Beverton and Holt.
The new book is seen to bring fisheries science up to date since the publication, more than 50 years ago, of On the Dynamics of Exploited Fish Populations, by Raymond J. H. Beverton and Sidney J. Holt. According to the company, many regard the 1957 publication as seminal and one of the most important books on fisheries ever published.
Advances in Fisheries Science seeks to build on that base, and to draw on a diverse range of international authors. Traditional fishery subjects are covered in the new publication, alongside a broad sweep of topics far beyond the examples of North Sea plaice and haddock on which the previous book was based. Considering the increasing importance now given to ecological approaches to fishery management, chapters span the related subjects of benthic ecology; ecosystem changes linked to fishing; life-history theory; the effects of chemicals on fish reproduction; and the use of sounds in the sea by marine life.
The 568-page hardback publication comes with 109 illustrations.
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