| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 206 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Fish Conservation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Fishes -- Conservation.
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Fishes -- Germplasm resources.
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Shellfish -- Germplasm resources
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Fishery management.
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Biodiversity conservation.
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NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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Biodiversity conservation
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Fishery management
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Fishes -- Conservation
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Fishes -- Germplasm resources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thorpe, J. E. (John E.), editor.
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Gall, G. A. E., editor
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Lannan, J. E., editor
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Nash, C. E., editor
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| ISBN |
9780080529813 |
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008052981X |
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