Spiny lobsters : fisheries and culture / edited by B.F. Phillips, J. Kittaka.
Contributor(s): Phillips, Bruce F | Kittaka, J.
Material type: BookPublisher: Oxford, England : Blackwell Science, 2000Description: xx, 679 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0852382642.Subject(s): FISHERY MANAGEMENT | AQUACULTURE | SPINY LOBSTERS | REPRODUCTION | WATER QUALITY | MORPHOLOGY | AQUACULTURE | NUTRITIONHoldings: GRETA POINT: 639.515 SPIItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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BOOK | WELLINGTON BOOKS | 639.515 SPI | 1 | Available | B01948 |
First ed. published with title: Spiny lobster management. 1994. This publication has different material and both publications are worth retaining.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographies.
Introduction -- Fisheries (status reports) on Australia, New Zealand, Cuba, Caribbean, Africa, Pacific, Brazil, United States, Mexico) -- Management strategies; Aquaculture (larval rearing, juvenile grow-out, disease, nutrition, biological and economic potential) -- Economics of fishing and handling -- Economics of aquaculture -- Marketing (United States, Japan, China, Europe); Interaction between aquaculture and fisheries.
Spiny lobsters are among the world's most valuable and highly prized seafoods, captured and marketed in over 90 countries. Demand for spiny lobsters has escalated in the past two decades, spurring the need both for better management and for research on which to base that management. Spiny lobster aquaculture, however, now appears to be a real possibility, some countries have already approved the legislation, and it may be only a few years before this becomes the major source. The book opens with a brief review of the general biology, distribution, fishing techniquest etc. but the major emphasis is on the latest management strategies, developments in aquaculture, marketing and economics. A special feature of the book will be detailed reviews of the spiny lobster fishery, research activities and marketing process in Japan, where customers are willing to pay more than US$50 per pound for live lobsters.
GRETA POINT: 639.515 SPI
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