Book Description:
A fishery is an area with an associated fish or aquatic population which is harvested for its value (commercial, recreational, subsistence). It can be saltwater or freshwater, wild or farmed. Examples are the salmon fishery of Alaska, the cod fishery off the Lofoten islands or the tuna fishery of the Eastern Pacific.
Most fisheries are marine, rather than freshwater; most marine fisheries are based near the coast. This is not only because harvesting from relatively shallow waters is easier than in the open ocean, but also because fish are much more abundant near the coastal shelf, due to coastal upwelling and the abundance of nutrients available there. However, productive wild fisheries also exist in open oceans, particularly by seamounts, and inland in lakes and rivers. Most fisheries are wild fisheries, but increasingly fisheries are farmed. Farming can occur in coastal areas, such as with oyster farms, but more typically occur inland, in lakes, ponds, tanks and other enclosures. This new book is devoted to the management, economics and perspectives of fisheries.

Table of Contents:
Preface

1. A Comparative Review of the Fisheries Management Systems in New Zealand and in the European Union
(Paul Marchal, Seaford Industry Council Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand, IFREMER, Boulogne s/mer, France, Philippe Lallemand, Kevin Strokes, Seaford Industry Council Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand, Olivier Thebaud, IFREMER, Tecnopole de Brest-Iroise, Brest, France) (pp. 1-66)

2. The Decline of Diadromous Fish in Western European Inland Waters: Main Causes and Consequences
(Sérgia Costa-Dias 1, 2, 3, Ronaldo Sousa 1, 2, Javier Lobón-Cerviá 3 & Pascal Laffaille 4,
1 CIMAR/CIIMAR – Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental - Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
2 ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar - Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
3 Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales - Dep. Ecología Evolutiva, Madrid, Spain
4 Equipe Biodiversité et Gestion des Territoires, Université de Rennes 1, Campus Beaulieu, Rennes, France) (pp. 67-92)

3. Towards New Approaches to Fisheries Management in the Mediterranean Sea
(Josep Lloret, Univ. of Girona, Faculty of Sciences, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Campus Montilivi s/n, Catalonia, Spain, Montserrat Demestre, CSIC, Inst. of Marine Sciences. Pg. Maritim de la Barceloneta, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, margarida Casadevall, Marta Munoz, Univ. of Girona, Faculty of Sciences, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Campus Montilivi s/n, Catalonia, Spain) (pp. 93-125)

4. Final Report on Economic Valuation of Water Hyacinth as an Environmental Problem on Uganda's Fresh Water Resources and it's Effects on Key Economic Activites
(Sam Bikangag, Dept. di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche e Dei Biosistemi, Univ. di Siena, Siena, Italy) (pp. 127-170)



5. Scale, Dynamic and Management in the Harvesting of Mussle in North Patagonia(Argentina)
(Enrique M. Morsan, Paula C. Zaidman, Inst. de Biologia Marina y Pesquera 'Almirante Storni', Univ. Nacional del Comahue-Ministerio Produccion Rio Negro, Argentina)(pp. 171-197)

6. Fisheries Resources and Management Perspectives of a World Heritage Site-Sundarbans Mangrove, Bangladesh
(M. Enamul Hoq, Bangladesh Fisheries Research Inst., Bangladesh) (pp. 199-227)

7. Occupational Safety Policies in the Small-Scale Fishing Sector: A Case-Study of the Artisanal Fleet of Andalusia, Spain
(Francisco Piniella, Dept. of Maritime Studies, Univ. of Cadiz, Spain) (pp. 229-250)

8. Advances in the Recovery of Value-Added Organic Compounds from Marine By-Products
(Roberto E. Armenta, Ocean Nutrition Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada) (pp. 251-269)

9. Principles and Applications of Active and Intelligent Packaging Systems in Food: A Review
(RaviShankar, C.N., Mohan, C.O., Sreenath, P.G. and Srinivasa Gopal, T.K Central Inst. of Fisheries Technology, Kerala, India) (pp. 271-293)

10. Effect of Thermal Processing on the Quality of Canned Fish Products-A Review
(RaviShankar, C.N., Mohan, C.O., Sreenath, P.G. and Srinivasa Gopal, T.K Central Inst. of Fisheries Technology, Kerala, India) (pp. 295-312)

11. Using Wheat Flour in the Production of Organic Banana Prawns
(P J Palmer, dept. of Primary Industries and Fisheries(DPI&F), Bribie Island Aquaculture Research centre, Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia, S L Slattery, DPI&F, Innovative Food Technolohies, Hamilton, Queensland, Australia) (pp. 315-334)

12. Organic Development for Black Tiger Prawns
(P J Palmer, dept. of Primary Industries and Fisheries(DPI&F), Bribie Island Aquaculture Research centre, Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia, J S Kopinski, DPI&F, Animal Research Inst., Yeerongpilly, Queensland, Australia, S L Slattery, DPI&F, Innovative Food Technolohies, Hamilton, Queensland, Australia) (pp. 335-363)

13. Economic Impacts of Creating and Extending Marine Protected areas: The Case of Rezoning the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
(Colin Hunt, Economy and Environment and Visiting Fellow, School of Eeconomics, Univ. of Queensland) (pp. 365-384)

14. Elasmobranch By-Catch in Pelagic Pair Trawl: A Preliminary study From the Adriatic Sea
(U. Scacco, I.C.R.A.M, Via di Casalotti, Rome, Italy, I. Consalvo, C. Fortuna, I.C.R.A.M, Via di Casalotti, Rome, Italy, A. Mazzola, CONISMA, Via Isonzo, Rome, Italy, Univ. of Palermo, Via Archirafi, Palermo, Italy) (pp. 385-405)

15. The European Fisheries Policy Through the Financial Instrument for Guidance(FIFG). An Analysis of the Spanish Industry as a Case Study
(Marcos Anton Renart, Jose Antonio Vidal Hernandez Mora, Maria del Rocio Moreno Enguix, Univ. of Murcia, Spain) (pp. 407-423)

16. Bio-Economic Management of Ibero-Atlantic Fisheries
(M. Dolores Garza-Gil, Manuel M. Varela-Lafuente, Julia Torralba-Cano, Dept. of Applied Economics, Univ. of Vigo) (pp. 425-441)

Expert Commentary

The Changing Face of Fisheries Models? Complex Systems Tools for a Complex Ecosystem
(Richard Stafford, Dept. of Natural and Social Sciences, Univ. of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK) (pp. 443-447)

Short Communications

A. Coastal Habitat Connectivity and Nearshore Fisheries-Implications for Fisheries Management in Queensland, Australia
(J.-O. Meynecke, Australian Rivers Inst. and School of Environment, Griffith Univ. Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia) (pp. 449-460)

B. Non-Lethal Doses of Arsenic Trioxide Stimulates the Induction of Metallothionein and Glutathion S-Transferase in Clarias Batrachus
(Anirban Bhattacharya, Shelley Bhattacharya, Environmental Toxicology Laboratory, Dept. of Zoology(Centre of Advanced Studies), School of Life Sciences, Visva Bharati Univ., Santiniketan, India) (pp. 461-472)

C. Development of Monoclonial Antibodies to Combat Fish Misdescription and Fraud
(Luis Asensiol, Esther Carrera, Dept. de Nutricion Bromatologia y Tecnologia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Farmacia, Univ. CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain) (pp. 473-484)

D. Fisheries and Marine Conservation: How to Proceed in a Knowledge-Poor Environment? On the Need of Interaction between Ecological Research and Marine Management
(Marijn Rabaut, Ghent Univ., Biology Dept., Marine Biology Section, Sterre Campus, Ghent, Belgium, Steven Degraer, Ghent Univ., Biology Dept., Marine Biology Section, Sterre Campus, Ghent, Belgium, Royal Belgian Inst. of Natural Sciences Management Unit of the Mathematical Model of the North Sea, Brussels, Belgium, Magda Vincx, Ghent Univ., Biology Dept., Marine Biology Section, Sterre Campus, Ghent, Belgium) (pp. 485-495)

Index