| Description |
v, 66 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 x 21 cm |
| Series |
Ecological issues |
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Ecological issues series |
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Ecological issue.
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Ecological issues series.
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| Contents |
Contents: Commercial fishing : the wider ecological impacts -- Fishing gears and their operation -- Effects of litter from fishing gear -- Vulnerability of different marine habitats -- Effects on non-target organisms -- Community and ecosystem responses -- Conservation aspects and the way forward |
| Summary |
"Based on the research expertise of leading scientists, Commercial Fishing: The Wider Ecological Impacts provides an account of fishing activities and their impacts on marine habitats, biodiversity and species of conservation concern. It covers fishing methods that range from trawling in the Antarctic to fishing with dynamite in the tropics. The authors show how habitats such as the muddy sea beds of the deep sea, kelp forests and coral reefs are affected by fishing and how birds, mammals, turtles and sea snakes both suffer and benefit from fishing activities. They also look to the future, highlighting ways to make fishing gears 'environmentally friendly' and asking whether marine reserves will improve conservation."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"Published for the British Ecological Society by Blackwell Science" |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 57-59 |
| Notes |
Also available via the World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Bycatches (Fisheries)
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Environmental impact analysis.
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Fisheries -- Environmental aspects.
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Fisheries -- Gear selectivity.
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Fisheries.
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Fishery management.
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Marine ecology.
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Marine resources conservation.
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| Author |
Jennings, Simon, Ph. D.
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Moore, P. G. (P. Geoffrey)
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British Ecological Society.
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| LC no. |
2003550411 |
| ISBN |
0632056088 |
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