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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.
A thorough understanding of this
allows commercial fishers to more
effectively capture target species while
reducing the catch of unwanted species.
Behavior of Marine Fishes: Capture
Processes and Conservation Challenges
provides the reader with principles,
patterns, and characteristics on fish
behavior and fish capture processes using
several types of important commercial
fishing gears. The book also highlights
conservation challenges facing the marine
capture fisheries in efforts to maintain
sustainable use of marine resources and to
reduce negative impacts to the marine
ecosystem. This volume, with contributions
from leading applied fish behaviorists and
fishing gear technologists from around the
world, will be a valuable reference for
researchers, fishing gear technologists,
fisheries managers, students, and
conservationists.
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