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New Zealand fishes : identification, natural history & fisheries / Larry Paul.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland (N.Z.) : Reed, 2000Edition: Revised editionDescription: viii, 253 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0790006545
  • 9780790006543
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 597.0993 21
LOC classification:
  • QL636.2 .P36 2000
Contents:
Introduction (New Zealand's fish fauna ; New Zealand seafloor ; Ocean currents around New Zealand ; Sea surface temperatures ; Seasons in the sea ; Oceanography, fish & fisheries ; Age & growth ; Reproduction ; Migration ; Productivity of fish populations) -- Fish -- Invertebrates -- Fisheries (Fishing methods ; New Zealand's fisheries resources ; Maori fishing ; Going fishing ; Fish as food ; The management of fisheries ; New Zealand's fisheries).
Summary: "As well as sea fishes, the book covers the more common and edible molluscs and crustaceans, and the fishes of our estuaries, rivers and lakes which are of interest to fishermen... also covers the sporting qualities and suitable fishing methods ..., their edibility, commercial harvesting and conservation ..."--Back cover.
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Previous edition: 1986.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction (New Zealand's fish fauna ; New Zealand seafloor ; Ocean currents around New Zealand ; Sea surface temperatures ; Seasons in the sea ; Oceanography, fish & fisheries ; Age & growth ; Reproduction ; Migration ; Productivity of fish populations) -- Fish -- Invertebrates -- Fisheries (Fishing methods ; New Zealand's fisheries resources ; Maori fishing ; Going fishing ; Fish as food ; The management of fisheries ; New Zealand's fisheries).

"As well as sea fishes, the book covers the more common and edible molluscs and crustaceans, and the fishes of our estuaries, rivers and lakes which are of interest to fishermen... also covers the sporting qualities and suitable fishing methods ..., their edibility, commercial harvesting and conservation ..."--Back cover.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.

.b10647016 WorldCat_3_8_2017

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