The freshwater eels, the Anguillids, have increasingly become the
focus of attention for fisheries managers, scientists, researchers,
policy makers, conservation bodies and other stakeholders. These
species can be seen as a bellwether for issues affecting aquatic
ecosystems - their steep decline and the management initiatives to
try and reverse this trend, touch on subjects as diverse as
disconnected waterways, loss of habitat, novel parasites,
pollution, over-fishing and climate change. There are some 16
species of the Anguilla genus and all exhibit similar lifestyles,
growing in waters often far-removed from their marine spawning
grounds. These enigmatic, contradictory and confounding species
share similar challenges and pressures wherever they are found.
This book was generated from the 1st UK International Eel Science
Symposium which was held at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL)
in June 2017. Hosted by the Institute of Fisheries Management
(IFM), the ZSL, and the Environment Agency (EA), the Symposium was
heralded as a success, with over 180 delegates in attendance. Many
of the world's top eel specialists attended or gave presentations
across a diverse range of subjects. This was one of the
Symposium's, and now the book's great strengths - its diversity of
subjects and authors. Many countries are represented within the
book, from across Europe and as far afield as New Zealand, South
Africa, Vanuatu, French Polynesia, Japan, Canada and the USA. The
EA and IFM have collaborated to produce this landmark book which
includes a mix of cultural, scientific and management information
which will be invaluable to anyone with a professional or personal
interest in these mysterious fish, including ichthyologists,
fisheries scientists and managers, aquaculture personnel,
environmental biologists and ecologists, marine and freshwater
biologists, vertebrate zoologists, animal behaviourists and
students studying in all these areas. Libraries in all universities
and research establishments where these subjects are studied and
taught should have copies on their shelves.
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