Fisheries Management (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781405139328)

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.

Author: Tim McClanahan
ISBN-10: 1405139323
ISBN-13: 9781405139328
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 03/12/2007
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.90w x 0.90d