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Fisheries resources are an important component of natural
resources. It is an important source of high-quality animal protein
and food for humans, which provides employment, economic benefits
and social welfare for people engaged in fishing activities. It
also has played an important role in food safety, economic
development, and foreign trade. Fisheries resources economics is an
important branch of both applied economics and resource economics.
Its research object is fishery resources and its economic problems.
The economics of fishery resources is to focus on the relationship
between the demand for human economic activities and the supply of
fishery resources, as well as between fishery resources and its
development. This book expounds the reasons for the economic
problems of fishery resources and the theoretical principles for
solving them, so as to reveal the objective rules of the allocation
of fishery resources in different regions and at different times,
to coordinate the relationship between the utilization of fishery
resources and economic development, and to realize the sustainable
development of fishery economy. This book will also provide
learning materials for undergraduates, graduate students and
practitioners engaged in fishery resources development and
scientific management.
Many raptors, the hawks, eagles, and falcons of the world,
migrate over long distances, often in impressively large numbers.
Many avoid crossing wide expanses of water and follow "flyways" to
optimize soaring potential. Atmospheric conditions and landscape
features, including waterways and mountain ranges, funnel these
birds into predictable bottlenecks through which thousands of
daytime birds of prey may pass in a short time. Birders and
ornithologists also congregate at these locations to observe the
river of raptors passing overhead (as did hunters in the United
States in the past and in some countries even today).
Keith L. Bildstein has studied migrating raptors on four
continents and directs the conservation science program at Hawk
Mountain Sanctuary, Pennsylvania, the world's first refuge for
migratory birds of prey. In this book, he details the stories and
successes of twelve of the world's most important raptor-viewing
spots, among them Cape May Point, New Jersey; Veracruz, Mexico;
Kekoldi, Costa Rica; the Strait of Gibralter, Spain; and Elat,
Israel. During peak migration, when the weather is right, the skies
at these sites, as at Hawk Mountain, can fill with thousands of
birds in a single field of view. Bildstein, whose knowledge of the
phenomenon of raptor migration is comprehensive, provides an
accessible account of the history, ecology, geography, science, and
conservation aspects surrounding the migration of approximately two
hundred species of raptors between their summer breeding sites and
their wintering grounds. He summarizes current knowledge about how
the birds' bodies handle the demands of long-distance migration and
how they know where to go.
Migrating Raptors of the World also includes the ecological and
conservation stories of several intriguing raptor migrants,
including the Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Western Honey
Buzzard, Northern Harrier, Grey-faced Buzzard, Steppe Buzzard, and
Amur Falcon.
The Bahia Blanca Estuary is one of the largest coastal systems in
Atlantic South America. This mesotidal estuary, situated in a sharp
transition between humid subtropical and semiarid climates, has a
unique combination of large interannual climatic variations. The
estuarine area encompasses roughly 2300 square kilometers and is
composed of wide expanses of intertidal flats, salt marshes, and
emerged islands, which create intricate landscape patterns. Natural
environments in the estuary sustain a high concentration of marine
and terrestrial species, including endemic, threatened, and
endangered fish and shorebirds. Puerto Cuatreros, in the inner zone
of the estuary, hosts a permanent marine research station, whose
records span more than 30 years of biophysical variables, and
represent one of the largest time series of ecological data in
South America. Beyond its ecological relevance, the Bahia Blanca
Estuary is under increasing anthropogenic pressure from large urban
settlements, industrial developments and harbors, raising the
question of how to balance conservation and development. The Bahia
Blanca Estuary: Ecology and Biodiversity offers a comprehensive
review of life in the ecosystems of the estuary. The book is
divided into five major sections, the first of which provides a
description of the regional setting and covers key aspects of
estuarine dynamics. The three following sections are dedicated to
different habitat types and, within each section, the chapters are
organized around major functional groups from pelagic and benthic
environments. The fifth and final section covers issues related to
management and conservation. Overall, the book provides essential
and up-to-date reference material on the biodiversity and ecosystem
processes of the Bahia Blanca Estuary, and will appeal to a broad
international audience.
A "courageous and revelatory memoir" (Naomi Klein) chronicling the
life of the leading Indigenous climate change, cultural, and human
rights advocate For the first ten years of her life, Sheila
Watt-Cloutier traveled only by dog team. Today there are more snow
machines than dogs in her native Nunavik, a region that is part of
the homeland of the Inuit in Canada. In Inuktitut, the language of
Inuit, the elders say that the weather is Uggianaqtuq-behaving in
strange and unexpected ways. The Right to Be Cold is
Watt-Cloutier's memoir of growing up in the Arctic reaches of
Quebec during these unsettling times. It is the story of an Inuk
woman finding her place in the world, only to find her native land
giving way to the inexorable warming of the planet. She decides to
take a stand against its destruction. The Right to Be Cold is the
human story of life on the front lines of climate change, told by a
woman who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most
influential Indigenous environmental, cultural, and human rights
advocates in the world. Raised by a single mother and grandmother
in the small community of Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Watt-Cloutier describes
life in the traditional ice-based hunting culture of an Inuit
community and reveals how Indigenous life, human rights, and the
threat of climate change are inextricably linked. Colonialism
intervened in this world and in her life in often violent ways, and
she traces her path from Nunavik to Nova Scotia (where she was sent
at the age of ten to live with a family that was not her own); to a
residential school in Churchill, Manitoba; and back to her hometown
to work as an interpreter and student counselor. The Right to Be
Cold is at once the intimate coming-of-age story of a remarkable
woman, a deeply informed look at the life and culture of an
Indigenous community reeling from a colonial history and now
threatened by climate change, and a stirring account of an
activist's powerful efforts to safeguard Inuit culture, the Arctic,
and the planet.
Among the deep-sea marine invertebrates, pycnogonids and
crustaceans represent ecologically important and most diverse
groups of species. Yet both are still poorly understood. Sampling
and exploring operations off the west and east coast of the
Americas has significantly increased in the last two decades.
However such operations are very costly and limited in number and
frequency. In countries like Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Mexico, Peru, the United States of America, and El Salvador a
large effort has been made to explore the deep-sea resources and
the rich diversity of the communities, resulting in a better
understanding of the natural ecosystems on both coasts of America.
Pycnogonids and many groups of deep-sea crustaceans have been
intensively studied, from the smallest animals, like the mostly
unknown benthic copepods to the largest decapods. This book
presents new and updated information on various groups of deep-sea
pycnogonids and crustaceans occurring off the American continent.
Offering a valuable reference resource for scientists interested in
this fascinating fauna, it includes review papers and new data on
the deep-sea communities occurring off the USA, Mexico, El
Salvador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Brazil and Argentina,
as well as in larger areas in both the East Pacific and the West
Atlantic. As such it covers most of the current deep-water research
in Latin America.
It's the dream scenario for many of us after a long week: having
the house completely to ourselves. No partners, no parents, no
kids, no pets. But as we settle into the couch, something stirs:
maybe a mouse darts out from under a cupboard, or a fly buzzes
lazily past the window. We're not actually alone at all. Until
quite recently, no one had taken the life that lives with us very
seriously: until Rob Dunn and his team decided to take a closer
look. Upon investigating the terra incognita of our homes, they
discovered that there are nearly 200,000 species living in our
bedrooms, kitchens, living areas, bathrooms, and basements. Some of
these species can kill us. Some benefit us. And some seem simply
benign. But almost all of them were completely unknown--and they've
been living alongside us the whole time. In Never Home Alone,
biologist Rob Dunn takes us to the edge of biology's latest
frontier: our own homes. Every house is a wilderness--from the
Egyptian meal moths in our cupboards, to the camel crickets living
in the basement, to the antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus waiting
on the kitchen counter, thousands of species of insects, bacteria,
fungi, and plants live literally under our noses. As we have become
increasingly obsessed with cleaning and sterilizing our homes and
separating our living spaces from nature, we have unwittingly
cultivated an entirely new playground for evolution. Unfortunately,
this means that we have created a range of new parasites, from
antibiotic-resistant microbes to nearly impossible to kill
cockroaches, to threaten ourselves with. At the same time, many of
the more helpful organisms--such as microbes that can protect us
from autoimmune diseases or promote healthy digestion, or the
centipedes that can hunt down those pesky roaches--are caught in
the crosshairs. If we're not careful, the "healthier" we try to
make our homes, the more likely we'll be putting our own health at
risk. A rich natural history and a thrilling scientific
investigation, Rob Dunn's Never Home Alone shows us that if are to
truly thrive in our homes, we must learn to welcome the unknown
guests that have been there the whole time.
This is the ninth volume of ten in the The Natural History of the
Crustacea Series. The chapters in this volume synthesize the
diverse topics in fisheries and aquaculture. In the first part of
the book, chapters explore worldwide crustacean fisheries. This
section comes to a conclusion with two chapters on harvested
crustaceans that are usually not within the focus of the mainstream
fisheries research, possibly because they are caught by local
fishing communities in small-scale operations and sold locally as
subsistence activity. In the second part of the book, the authors
explore the variety of cultured crustacean species, like shrimps,
prawns, lobsters, and crabs. Chapters in the third part of the
volume focus on important challenges and opportunities, including
diseases and parasitism, the use of crustacean as bioindicators,
and their role in biotechnology.
THE TIMES, ECONOMIST AND GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 It is
accepted wisdom today that human beings have irrevocably damaged
the natural world. Yet what if this narrative obscures a more
hopeful truth? In Inheritors of the Earth, renowned ecologist and
environmentalist Chris D. Thomas overturns the accepted story,
revealing how nature is fighting back. Many animals and plants
actually benefit from our presence, raising biological diversity in
most parts of the world and increasing the rate at which new
species are formed, perhaps to the highest level in Earth's
history. From Costa Rican tropical forests to the thoroughly
transformed British landscape, nature is coping surprisingly well
in the human epoch. Chris Thomas takes us on a gripping
round-the-world journey to meet the enterprising creatures that are
thriving in the Anthropocene, from York's ochre-coloured comma
butterfly to hybrid bison in North America, scarlet-beaked pukekos
in New Zealand, and Asian palms forming thickets in the European
Alps. In so doing, he questions our irrational persecution of
so-called 'invasive species', and shows us that we should not treat
the Earth as a faded masterpiece that we need to restore. After
all, if life can recover from the asteroid that killed off the
dinosaurs, might it not be able to survive the onslaughts of a
technological ape? Combining a naturalist's eye for wildlife with
an ecologist's wide lens, Chris Thomas forces us to re-examine
humanity's relationship with nature, and reminds us that the story
of life is the story of change.
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