Behavior of marine fishes : capture processes and conservation challenges

Understanding fish behavior in relation to capture processes in marine fisheries is of fundamental importance to reducing bycatch and discards, and to enhancing marine fisheries conservation efforts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: He, Pingguo (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell , 2010
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Swimming in marine fish
  • 2. Fish vision its role in fish capture
  • 3. Hearing in marine fish and its application in fisheries
  • 4. Fish behavior near bottom trawls
  • 5. Fish behavior in relation to longlines
  • 6. Fish pots: fish behavior capture processes, and conservation issues
  • 7. Large-scale fish traps: gear design, fish behavior, and conservation challenges
  • 8. Fish behavior near Gillnets: capture processes, and influencing factors
  • 9. Electric senses of fish and their application in marine fisheries
  • 10. Technical measures to reduce bycatch and discards in trawl fisheries
  • 11. Mortality of animal that escape fishing gears or are discard after capture: approaches to reduce mortality
  • 12. Effect of trawling on the seabed and mitigation measures to reduce impact
  • 13. Measures to reduce interactions of marine megafauna with fishing operations