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The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
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The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
by Mark Kurlansky

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The bestselling author of Cod, Salt, and The Big Oyster has enthralled readers with his incisive blend of culinary, cultural, and social history. Now, in his most colorful, personal, and important book to date, Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a...
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Sharing the Ocean: Stories of Science, Politics, and Ownership from America's Oldest Industry
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Sharing the Ocean: Stories of Science, Politics, and Ownership from America's Oldest Industry
by Michael Crocker

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Most popular and scholarly investigations of the New England groundfish management crisis have not produced very complex stories. Environmentalists and scientists are typically portrayed as the protagonists in a relentless struggle against antagonistic...
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Against the Tide: The Fate of the New England Fisherman
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Against the Tide: The Fate of the New England Fisherman
by Richard Adams Carey

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With its spectacular beaches and charming towns, Cape Cod is known around the world as a vacation spot and a summer retreat for the well-to-do. But there is another Cape Cod, a hidden, hardscrabble, year-round world whose hunter-gatherer economy dates...
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Earth Ponds Sourcebook 2ND Edition
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Earth Ponds Sourcebook 2ND Edition
by Tim Matson

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The author of the classic, best-selling book on ponds presents new tips, techniques, and hundreds of resources in this updated, expanded guide. The Earth Ponds Sourcebook is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference book for pond-related books and...
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Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession, King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas
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Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession, King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas
by Spike Walker

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Now in paperback, a dramatic insider's account of the world's most dangerous profession: king-crab fishing in the frigid waters of the Bering Sea where the conditions are beyond most imaginations (90 mph Arctic winds, 25-foot seas, and superhuman...
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Return to the River: Restoring Salmon Back to the Columbia River
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Return to the River: Restoring Salmon Back to the Columbia River
by Richard Ni Williams

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Return to the River will describe a new ecosystem-based approach to the restoration of salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River, once one of the most productive river basins for anadromous salmonids on the west coast of North America. The...
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Crustacean Issues #17: The Biology and Fisheries of the Slipper Lobster
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Crustacean Issues #17: The Biology and Fisheries of the Slipper Lobster
by Kari L. Lavalli

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Written by international experts, this reference covers the biology, ecology, behavior, physiology, evolutionary history, and genetics of the family Scyllaridae. It includes coverage of fishing methods and regulations, size composition of catches...
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Practical Manual for Zebra Mussel Monitoring and Control
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Practical Manual for Zebra Mussel Monitoring and Control
by Renata Claudi

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Since its introduction to the Great Lakes system in 1985, the zebra mussel has spread so rapidly that it is now considered the most serious biofouling pest of any exotic species. Practical Manual for Zebra Mussel Monitoring and Control will help you...
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Fisheries Ecology and Management
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Fisheries Ecology and Management
by Carl J. Walters

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"This book is the next major contribution to the field of fisheries science. Walters and Martell provide fresh and non-intuitive perspectives on a variety of issues. Their merciless slaughtering of cherished sacred cows is supported by sound scholarship,...
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Aquaculture Science
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Aquaculture Science
by R. O. Parker

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This comprehensive book introduces readers to the aquaculture industry. It covers every aspect of aquaculture, including history, potential, descriptions, management, feeding, marketing, and diseases of aquatic animals and plants. Also addressed are the...
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Globalization: Effects on Fisheries Resources
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Globalization: Effects on Fisheries Resources
by William W. (edt) Taylor

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Globalization is a multidimensional issue, and its impacts on world resources cross and integrate environmental, economic, political and cultural boundaries. Over the last few decades, the push towards globalization has brought a new dimension in which...
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The Chemistry of Phosphate and Nitrogen Compounds in Sediments
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The Chemistry of Phosphate and Nitrogen Compounds in Sediments
by H. L. Golterman

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Phosphate and nitrogen compounds control growth of vegetation in most, if not all, fresh, brackish or salt waters. This book deals with the processes constituting the cycles of the phosphate and nitrogen compounds in sediment and the phosphate equilibria...
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Scallop Farming
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Scallop Farming
by David Hardy

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Scallop farming continues to be an expanding industry in many countries, providing an important source of food and revenue. Over fishing of wild-caught scallops has caused a decline in stocks, but the market for scallops is increasing worldwide. This is...
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Freshwater Bivalve Ecotoxicology
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Freshwater Bivalve Ecotoxicology
by Jerry L. (edt) Farris

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This book covers the techniques and approaches for assessing suspected contaminant impact upon freshwater bivalves. The editors meet this challenge by incorporating expertise on research topics and management issues from a cross section of active...
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Changing the Face of the Waters: The Promise and Challenge of Sustainable Aquaculture (Agriculture and Rural Development)
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Changing the Face of the Waters: The Promise and Challenge of Sustainable Aquaculture (Agriculture and Rural Development)
by World Bank

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As production from capture fisheries stagnates, aquaculture is changing the face of our waters. This book informs and provides guidance on sustainable aquaculture to decision makers in the international development community and in client countries of...
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Water Quality Modeling Vol. 3: Applications to Estuaries
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Water Quality Modeling Vol. 3: Applications to Estuaries
by Lung Wu-seng

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This volume to discussing the various aspects of estuarine water quality modeling. Topics considered include fundamental principles, estuarine mass transport, BOD/DO and eutrophication model kinetics, kinetics on toxicants, and sediment-water...
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Marine Fisheries Ecology
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Marine Fisheries Ecology
by Simon Jennings

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This topical and exciting textbook describes fisheries exploitation, biology, conservation and management, and reflects the many recent and important changes in fisheries science. These include environmental impacts of fisheries and the role of...
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Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management
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Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management
by Michael King

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This excellent second edition has been fully updated and expanded and is an essential purchase for students and scientists studying, working or researching in fisheries and aquatic sciences. <BR> The book now includes an additional chapter on...
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Species and System Selection for Sustainable Aquaculture
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Species and System Selection for Sustainable Aquaculture
by Pingsun (edt) Leung

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Published in Cooperation with THE UNITED STATES AQUACULTURE SOCIETY As aquaculture production continues to grow and develop there is a continuous search for new species to culture to be able to fully exploit new national and international markets...
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Tropical Mariculture
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Tropical Mariculture
by Sena S. De Silva

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pters address issues associated with the development of a new primary industry, and give detailed examples of cultivated species in the tropics....
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