Deep-Water Fisheries of the North Atlantic Oceanic Slope [Paperback]

A comprehensive review of current knowledge of the deep-water fishes of the North Atlantic and their exploitation. Individual countries and research institutions have carried out their own investigations and surveys in the past, but these results have rarely been coordinated, nor has there been a proper sharing of results and data. But there is a need to assess the total size of the deep-water stocks and the extent to which they can safely be exploited. The book also contains a number of papers describing present and past research and the present exploitation of resources, together with papers on the technical problems encountered in capturing and processing these fishes. An assessment of the requirements for future research is presented.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Hull, United Kingdom, March 1--4, 1994A comprehensive review of current knowledge of the deep-water fishes of the North Atlantic and their exploitation. Individual countries and research institutions have carried out their own investigations and surveys in the past, but these results have rarely been coordinated, nor has there been a proper sharing of results and data. But there is a need to assess the total size of the deep-water stocks and the extent to which they can safely be exploited. The book also contains a number of papers describing present and past research and the present exploitation of resources, together with papers on the technical problems encountered in capturing and processing these fishes. An assessment of the requirements for future research is presented.Preface. Introduction. 1: Scientific papers. Environmental and biological aspects of slope dwelling fishes of the North Atlantic; J.D.M. Gordon, et al. Structure over time of an exploited deep-water fish assemblage; R.L. Haedrich. The biology and fishery of roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris, Gunnerus, 1765) in the North West Atlantic; D.B. Atkinson. Greenland halibut (Rel³$