The Effects of Fishing on Marine Ecosystems and Communities (Fish Biology and Aquatic Resources Series, 1)
Publisher: Blackwell Science
Published: January 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780632041121
Subjects: Allergies; Aquaculture & fishing: practice & techniques; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Pollution & threats to the environment; Fisheries; Marine Ecology; Science; Nature/Ecology; Life Sciences - Ecology; Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology; Environmental aspects
First sentence: In 1992 the world catch of marine fish was approximately 85 million tonnes, representing a seafood harvest which provides around 13% of the total animal protein for human consumption (Idyll, 1978).