"Based on the research expertise of leading scientists, Commercial
Fishing: The Wider Ecological Impacts provides an account of fishing
activities and their impacts on marine habitats, biodiversity and
species of conservation concern. It covers fishing methods that range
from trawling in the Antarctic to fishing with dynamite in the
tropics. The authors show how habitats such as the muddy sea beds of
the deep sea, kelp forests and coral reefs are affected by fishing
and how birds, mammals, turtles and sea snakes both suffer and
benefit from fishing activities. They also look to the future,
highlighting ways to make fishing gears 'environmentally friendly'
and asking whether marine reserves will improve conservation."--BOOK
JACKET.
Notes:
"Published for the British Ecological Society by Blackwell Science"
Bibliography: pp. 57-59.
Contents: Commercial fishing: the wider ecological impacts -- Fishing
gears and their operation -- Effects of litter from fishing gear --
Vulnerability of different marine habitats -- Effects on non-target
organisms -- Community and ecosystem responses -- Conservation
aspects and the way forward.
Language: eng
Physical Description: v, 66 p. : ill., map ; 24 x 21 cm.
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