Aquaculture contributed 43 per cent of aquatic animal food for human consumption in 2007
(eg fish, crustaceans and molluscs, but excluding mammals, reptiles and aquatic plants) and …

The reported annual yield from inland capture fisheries in 2008 was over 10 million tonnes,
although real catches are probably considerably higher than this. Inland fisheries are …

Fish aquaculture for commodity production, fisheries enhancement and conservation is
expanding rapidly, with many cultured species undergoing inadvertent or controlled …

The human-mediated introduction of marine non-indigenous species is a centuries-if not
millennia-old phenomenon, but was only recently acknowledged as a potent driver of …

The growing number of countries investigating the potential for releasing cultured juveniles
to augment coastal fisheries resulted in the First International Symposium on Stock …

Marine stock enhancement is a set of management approaches involving the release of
cultured organisms to enhance or restore fisheries. Such practices, including sea ranching …

Fisheries enhancement is an important strategy for maintaining and improving fisheries
productivity, and addressing some of the other contemporary challenges facing marine …

Fisheries stock assessments are essential for science-based fisheries management. Inland
fisheries pose challenges, but also provide opportunities for biological assessments that …

This chapter describes approaches to the management of habitat, people and fish stocks
that make up freshwater fisheries. Habitat management is advisable whenever habitat …

The origins of agriculture date to about 9000 years, but commercial culture and
supplementation of marine populations reach back only a few centuries. Hence, wild …