Inland Fisheries Management In North America

"The book covers fishery assessments, habitat and community manipulations, and common practices for managing stream, river, lake, and anadromous fisheries. Chapters on history; ecosystem management; management processes; communications with the public; introduced, undesirable, and endangered species; and the legal and regulatory frameworks provide the context for modern fisheries management." From fisheries.org.

This was the first effort to standardize methods for inland fish sampling across North America and, as such, was a joint effort contributed to by a large group of talented and dedicated individuals, in addition to the authors and coeditors. While these sampling methods were primarily developed for North America, most could be used with little or no modification in other areas of the world. Those involved with standard sampling efforts in North America would welcome the opportunity to collaborate with scientists from other regions to develop methods to share data worldwide.

The importance of free longitudinal passage of river fauna is stressed.

"Contains more than 70 short mentoring vignettes on past experiences and visions for the future authored by many notable mentors from the fisheries field."--Publisher's website.

The major objective of the book was to promote better understanding of how various factors must fit together for successful implementation of inland fisheries enhancement programmes. Accordingly, the papers span a broad range of topics: technical, socio-economic, cultural and administrative. Techniques, geographic constraints, problems of information gathering and monitoring, and genetics are addressed. Because of its relative importance as an enhancement technique, stocking received much attention; areas discussed include strategies, modelling and prediction of results, health management and fitness of stocked fish as well as stocking experiences by type of water body. Cage culture: its importance, promotion through extension and limitations is also considered. Other paper cover social and economic benefits and their distribution, institutions and self and participatory management. Country reviews dealing very broadly with enhancements are also included. Contents Chapter 1: An Evaluation of Present Techniques for the Enhancement of Fisheries by R L Welcomme & D M Bartley, Chapter 2: Geography and Constraints on Inland Fishery Enhancements by James McDaid Kapetsky, Chapter 3: Review of the Administration and of Benefits from Fishery Enhancements in Australia by T Petr, Chapter 4: Inland Fishery Management and Enhancement in Cambodia by Nao Thuok, Chapter 5: Reservoir Stocking in Latin America: An Evaluation by Rolando Quiros, Chapter 6: An Appraisal of Stocking Strategies in the Light of Developing Country Constraints by Ian G Cowx, Chapter 7: How Predictable is the Outcome of Stocking? by Kai Lorenzen & Caroline J Garaway, Chapter 8: Review of Stock Enhancement in the Floodplains of Bangladesh by A I Payne & V Cowan, Chapter 9: Optimising Stocking Density of Carp Fingerlings Through Modelling of the Carp Yield in Relationto Average Water Transparency in Enhanced Fisheries in Semi-Enclosed Water Bodies in Western Bangladesh by M Rezaul Hazan & Hans A J Middendorp, Chapter 10: Current Methods and Constraints for Monitoring Production from Inland Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture by K J Rana, R Grainger & Adele Crispoldi-Hotta, Chapter 11: Obtaining Basic Information for the Enhancement of Small Water Body Fisheries: A Regional Project Viewpoint by L Verheust, Chapter 12: Genetical Asepcts of Fisheries Enhancement by D O F Skibinski, Chapter 13: Practical Aspects of Selection and Fitness of Stocked Fish by David J Penman & B J McAndrew, Chapter 14: Health Managment in Stocked Fisheries by R Wootten, Chapter 15: Implementation of Extension for Net-Cage Aquaculture in Indonesian Reservoirs: Pitfalls and Prospects by Sutandar Zainal & Pepen Effendi, Chapter 16: The Development of Cage Culture and Its Role of Fishery Enhancement in China by Baotong Hu & Yeping Liu, Chapter 17: Cage Culture: Limitations in Lakes and Reservoirs by Malcolm C M B & J Alan Stewart, Chapter 18: Fisheries Extension in Small Water Boday Fisheries in Zimbawe by N Songore, Chapter 19: An Assessment of the Economic Benefits from Stocking Seasonal Floodplains in Bengladesh by Liaquat Ali & Md Zahirul Islam, Chapter 20: Social and Economic Aspects of Reservoirs Enhancement in Kerala Reservoirs by D M Peters & C Feustel, Chapter 21: Social Economic and Cultural Aspects in Implementing Inland Fishery Enhancements in the Philippines by Catalion R Dela Cruz, Chapter 22: Open Water Stocking in Bangladesh: Experiences from the Third Fisheries Project by I Ahmad, S J R Bland, C R Price & R Kershaw, Chapter 23: Social and Distributional Issues in Open Water Fisheries Management in Banglades by Paul M Thompson & Md M Hossain, Chapter 24: Enhancement of Inland Fisheries in Nigeria: The Institutional Context Provided by Traditional and Modern Systems of Fisheries Management by A E Neiland & B M B Ladu, Chapter 25: Establishing Fishers Groups for Self-Management of Enhanced Fisheries in Semi-Closed Water Bodies in Western Bangladesh: The Experience of the Oxbow Lakes Small Scale Fisherman Project (OLP-II) by Niaz A Apu & H A J Middendorp, Chapter 26: Status and Prospects of Participatory Fisheries Management Programmes in Malawi by U F Scholtx, F J Njaya, S Chimatiro, M Hummel, S Donda & B J Mkoko, Chapter 27: Participatory Management of Reservoir Fisheries in North-Eastern Brazil by Frances Ivo Barbosa & Wolf D Hartmann, Chapter 28: Inland Fisheries Enhancement Implementation Criteria: Are Common Measures Attainable? A Consultation Restrospective by P A Siri & A F Born.

The current high demand for fish and increased awareness of the role of the environment in supporting human well being has led to a situation where attitudes to inland water resources are changing rapidly. Trends in resource use and environmental impact are very evident in inland waters which are particularly vulnerable as they act as collectors of all the activities occurring in their basins and rank as some of the most endangered ecosystems in the world. The principle changes influencing the evolution of the aquatic resource for fisheries are described in this book, which has been compiled for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Recreational or sport fishing is important for three major reasons: economic (it is a multi-billion dollar world industry); social (it is embedded in the cultures of many nations; ecological (it affects the environment and food webs in many ways). Recreational Fisheries covers a range of methods, case studies and perspectives on the multidisciplinary evaluation of the benefits and costs of sports fisheries. Tony Pitcher and Charles Hollingworth, the editors of this landmark publication, have drawn together chapters from more than 30 contributors from North America, Europe, Australia and South Africa, providing a truly international perspective on a global industry. Contents include detailed assessments, evaluations and survey mthods of sport fisheries in many countries. This book is an essential reference for anyone active in the management, assessment, policy making or development of sport and recreational fisheries worldwide. All fisheries scientists and managers will require a copy of this important publication. Environmental and aquatic scientists, ecologists and oceanographers will also find this book of great value in their work. Libraries in research establishments, laboratories and universities where fisheries and biological sciences are studied and taught should have multiple copies of this book. Covers a worldwide industry of great commercial importance. Internationally known editors and contributors from four continents. Uses case studies from around the globe to illustrate the subject. A core subject essential to fisheries scientists.