On the dynamics of exploited fish populations / Raymond J.H. Beverton and Sidney J. Holt
By: Beverton, Raymond J.H.
Contributor(s): Holt, Sidney J | Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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BookSeries: Chapman & Hall fish and fisheries series ; 11.Publisher: London : Chapman & Hall, 1993Description: 533 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.Subject(s): COMMERCIAL FISHING | FISH | FISH STOCKS | FISHERY RESEARCH | POPULATION DISTRIBUTION | POPULATION DYNAMICS | FISHERY RESOURCES | FISHING MORTALITY | MATHEMATICAL MODELSHoldings: GRETA POINT: 639.2.053 ONT Summary: Has become the most widely cited fisheries book ever published. This classic work was the genesis of the modern age-structured approach to the optimal management of fishery resources. Beverton and Holt's approach led directly to a formulation of the fishery catch equation with almost universal applicability. Its advantage was that it produced easily interpreted outputs that could be clearly and directly applied to any fishery. Ultimately, this approach was the forerunner to VPA and allied techniques, the core of modern catch forecasting used in setting quotas and in managing commercial fisheries worldwide. Although the perception of the objectives of fisheries research has changed since the 1950s, and computers now enable calculations, data analysis, and theoretical exploration far beyond their capability at the time, Beverton and Holt's book will continue to be a source of inspiration and insight for many years to come.
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Facsimile of: London: HMSO, 1957. also reprinted 2004.
Bibliography: p. 509-525
Has become the most widely cited fisheries book ever published. This classic work was the genesis of the modern age-structured approach to the optimal management of fishery resources. Beverton and Holt's approach led directly to a formulation of the fishery catch equation with almost universal applicability. Its advantage was that it produced easily interpreted outputs that could be clearly and directly applied to any fishery. Ultimately, this approach was the forerunner to VPA and allied techniques, the core of modern catch forecasting used in setting quotas and in managing commercial fisheries worldwide. Although the perception of the objectives of fisheries research has changed since the 1950s, and computers now enable calculations, data analysis, and theoretical exploration far beyond their capability at the time, Beverton and Holt's book will continue to be a source of inspiration and insight for many years to come.
GRETA POINT: 639.2.053 ONT
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