Conservation of fish and shellfish resources: managing diversity
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Academic Press ©1995
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
The need to manage fish and shellfish genetic resources -- Human interventions and genetic risks to fish and shellfish -- The conservation of aquatic resources through management of genetic risks -- Status of aquatic genetic resource management -- The Atlantic salmon / J.E. Thorpe & L. Stradmeyer -- The cupped oyster and the Pacific oyster / D. Hedgecock -- The common carp and Chinese carps / G.W. Wohlfarth -- The Nile tilapia / A.E. Eknath
Fish and shellfish comprise annually nearly 70-million tons of the world's edible animal protein. However, because of this demand, previously vast stocks have often been exhausted to the point of near extinction. The first book of its kind in the area of freshwater/marine biodiversity, this extensive work reviews the present status of genetic resource management, its needs and constraints, various intervening human factors such as pollution and overfishing, and problems posed by different species and life-styles. This discussion of the conservation of fish and shellfish resources is illustrate
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 206 pages, [4] pages of plates)
ISBN:008052981X
0126906858
9780080529813
9780126906851

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