Hake: Biology, Fisheries and Markets

ISBN-13: 9780412573507 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 478 str.

Tony J. Pitcher; Jurgen Alheit; J]rgen Alheit

Opis

This book is a well-edited and integrated handbook covering all major aspects of the biology and exploitation of the hakes, a group of fishes of wide commercial importance internationally. The book will be of great value to fish biologists, fisheries scientists and those involved in fish production and quality.

Spis treści

List of contributors. Series foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. References. What makes a hake? A review of the critical biological features that sustain global hake fisheries. Biology and fisheries of South African Cape hakes (M. capensis and M. paradoxus). Biology and fisheries of Namibian hakes (M. paradoxus and M. capensis). Biology and fisheries of North-west African hakes (M. merluccius, M. senegalensis and M. polli). European hake (M. merluccius) in the North-east Atlantic. Biology and fisheries of eastern Mediterranean hake (M. merluccius). Biology and fisheries of western Mediterranean hake (M. merluccius). Biology and fisheries of North-west Atlantic hake (silver hake: M. bilinearis). Biology and fisheries of Argentine hakes (M. hubbsi and M. australis). Biology and fisheries of hakes (M. hubbsi and M. australis) around the Falkland Islands. Biology and fisheries of Chilean hakes (M. gayi and M. australis). Biology and fisheries of Peruvian hake (M. gayi peruanus). Biology and fisheries of New Zealand hake (M. australis). Biology and fisheries of North Pacific hake (M. productus). Global markets and products of hake. Determination of quality parameters for Pacific whiting (M. productus). Recommendations of the workshop group on quality assurance for hake. Author index. Species index. Subject index.