Marine Capture Fisheries

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Developments in capture fisheries. 3. Utilisation of capture fisheries. 4. Artisanal fisheries. 5. Sustaining marine fisheries. 6. Capture fisheries and species. 7. Economic motives in marine fisheries. 8. Managing capture fisheries. 9. Conservation and management of fish stock. 10. Crisis in world fisheries. 11. Future of capture fisheries. Bibliography. Index.

Marine Capture Fisheries is an extensive and exhaustive foray into the world of fisheries within the context of marine based ecosystems. It completely providing a comprehensive and through exploration of a sector which has proved to be financially lucrative as well as important food resources for governments, as missions of people around the world. Right from the capture of fish stocks to the selling of products in the market, each step of this industry has been detailed providing the reader with an insiders knowledge of the working of this type of fisheries.

The various factors contributing to the growth of this industry has also been explored and in a compendious manner, it provides an exhaustive manual dealing with this industry. (jacket)