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"As part of the Chapman and Hall ""Fish and Fisheries Series"", the This text is a reprint of the book published in 1957 by HMSO. ""On the Dynamics of Exploited Fish Populations"" contains information that should still be relevant today. It commences with a series forward by Tony Pitcher, Professor of Fisheries Research at the University of British Columbia. A special foreward to the book has also been written by Dr Daniel Pauly. The book concludes with a list of amendments to the original edition, compiled by the American Fisheries Society. This book should be of interest to fisheries scientists around the world."

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Author:   Raymond J.H. Beverton ,  Sidney J. Holt ,  Daniel Pauly
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   2.760kg
ISBN:  

9780412549601

ISBN 10:   0412549603
Pages:   538
Publication Date:   30 June 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I Fundamentals of the Theory of Fishing, Illustrated by Analysis of a Trawl Fishery.- Section 1: Introduction—Theoretical Methods in the Study of Fishery Dynamics.- Section 2: The Basis of a Theoretical Model of an Exploited Fish Population and Definition of the Primary Factors.- Section 3: Mathematical Representation of the Four Primary Factors.- Section 4: A Simple Model Giving the Annual Yield in Weight from a Fishery in a Steady State.- Section 5 : Adaptation of the Simple Model to Give Other Characteristics of the Catch and Population.- II Some Extensions of the Simple Theory of Fishing.- Section 6: Recruitment and Egg-production.- Section 7: Natural Mortality.- Section 8: Fishing Mortality and Effort.- Section 9: Growth and Feeding.- Section 10: Spatial Variation in the Values of Parameters; Movement of Fish within the Exploited Area.- Section 11: Mixed Populations—the Analysis of Community Dynamics.- III Estimation of Parameters.- Section 12: Relative Fishing Power of Vessels and Standardisation of Commercial Statistics of Fishing Effort.- Section 13: Estimation of the Total Mortality Coefficient (F + M), and the Maximum Age, t?.- Section 14: Separate Estimation of Fishing and Natural Mortality Coefficients.- Section 15: Recruitment and Egg-Production.- Section 16: Growth and Feeding.- IV The use of Theoretical Models in a Study of the Dynamics and Reaction to Exploitation of Fish Populations.- Section 17: Application of Population Models of Part I.- Section 18: Application of Population Models of Part II.- Section 19: Principles and Methods of Fishery Regulation.- Section 20: Requirements for Regulation of the North Sea Demersal Fisheries.- Resumé.- Appendices.- I Tables.- II List of symbols and their definitions.- III Derivation of indices of totalEuropean fishing effort on North Sea plaice and haddock during the pre-war period.- Bibliography and Author Index.- Appendix — Errata Compiled by the American Fisheries Society.

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