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Fisheries Buybacks
Wiley 2008; US$ 199.95Fisheries buybacks are an important strategy being implemented globally in the efforts to produce a more sustainable and profitable fisheries industry. Fisheries Buybacks provides the reader with an overview of buybacks and the issues surrounding them as well as a synthesis of the literature on this subject of growing importance. Alongside this material... more...
The Last Whale
Fremantle Press 2008; US$ 16.95Its the end of the seventies and one young reporter is bearing witness to the final days of Australias whaling industry. Thirty years after the last whale was captured and slaughtered in Australia, Chris Pash, tells the very human story of the characters and events that brought whaling to an end. This fair and balanced account portrays... more...
Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement
Wiley 2011; US$ 229.95Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement is a key reference on culture methods, offering both practical applications and essential biological information. Throughout the text, the culture and stock enhancement issues are treated simultaneously, integrating these two perspectives. By looking to the outcomes of hatchery culture methods, including... more...
Review of Fisheries in OECD Countries: Country Statistics 2005
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 84.00This publication contains statistics on fisheries and aquaculture in OECD countries for 2001, 2002 and 2003. Information is provided on fishing fleet, employment in fisheries, government financial transfers, total allowable catches, landings, aquaculture production, recreational fisheries, and imports and exports. more...
Review of Fisheries in OECD Countries: Policies and Summary Statistics 2005
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 140.00This publication describes major developments affecting fisheries in OECD countries, including changes in government policies, trade, and fisheries and aquaculture production. Summary statistics are included for each country. more...
Salmonid Fisheries
Wiley 2010; US$ 229.95Salmonid Fisheries is a landmark publication, concentrating on river management, habitat restoration and rehabilitation, disseminating lessons learnt in relation to the intensively studied salmonids that are applicable to future interventions, not just for salmonid species but for other non-salmonid species, biota and ecosystems. The contents of this... more...
Multilingual Dictionary of Fish and Fish Products
Wiley 2009; US$ 174.95The Multilingual Dictionary of Fish and Fish Products is a world standard guide to the names of fish and fish products traded internationally. This fifth edition comprises 1187 items, with descriptions in English and French and the equivalents for the main headings in 18 other languages: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian,... more...
Fisheries Management
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 134.95Examines the underlying root causes of our failure to successfully manage the fishery resources of the world's oceans and offers alternative solutions that will allow human society to maximize the long term benefits form ocean resources. This monograph is of interest to academics in economics, business, environmental sciences and sociology. more...
OECD Insights Fisheries
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2010; US$ 19.00The fish on your plate may have been caught by a high-tech trawler, trapped by a lone fisher, farmed along with tons of others, or even stolen by pirates. It may have been captured in the South Atlantic, landed in Europe, and processed in China. Globalisation, North-South relations, changing attitudes and lifestyles, and the way we manage... more...
State and Small-Scale Fisheries in Puerto Rico
UPF 2001; US$ 44.95Based on anthropological and historical research in Puerto Rico from 1996 to 2002, Pérez's study explains how and why state intervention has retarded the development of small-scale fishing economies by discouraging opportunities for capital accumulation in coastal communities. more...









