Spiny Lobsters [[electronic resource] ] : Fisheries and Culture

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144536903321
• Autore: Phillips Bruce
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008
• ISBN: 1-282-34240-1; 9786612342400; 0-470-69880-2; 0-470-69825-X
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (702 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KittakaJiro
• Disciplina: 639.64
• Soggetti: Crustacea -- Larvae; Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Pacific Ocean; Lobster fisheries; Management; Scyllaridae; Spiny lobsters; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: SPINY LOBSTERS: FISHERIES AND CULTURE; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction: Ecology and Fishery Biology of Spiny Lobsters; PART 1: FISHERIES: METHODS, MANAGEMENT AND STATUS; 1 The Status of Australia's Rock Lobster Fisheries; 2 New Zealand's Rock Lobster Fisheries; 3 Fisheries for Spiny Lobsters in the Tropical Indo-West Pacific; 4 The Lobster Fishery in the North-western Hawaiian Islands; 5 The Commercial Fisheries for Jasus and Palinurus Species in the South-east Atlantic and South-west Indian Oceans; 6 The State of the Lobster Fishery in North-east Brazil; 7 The Cuban Spiny Lobster Fishery8 The Atlantic Spiny Lobster Resources of Central America; 9 The Spiny Lobster Fisheries in Mexico; 10 Status of the Fishery for Panulirus argus in Florida; 11 The French Fisheries for the European Spiny Lobster Palinurus elephas; 12 The Galapagos Spiny Lobster Fishery; 13 The Spiny Lobster Fishery in Japan ; and Restocking; PART 2: RESEARCH FOR MANAGEMENT: CASE STUDIES; 14 Reproductive Biology: Issues for Management; 15 Puerulus and Juvenile Ecology; 16 Stock Identity of the Red (Jasus edwardsii) and Green (Jasus verreauxi) Rock Lobsters Inferred from Mitochondria1 DNA Analysis17 Spiny Lobster Catches and the Ocean Environment; 18 Measurement of Catch and Fishing Effort in the Western Rock Lobster Fishery; 19 Predicting the Catch of Spiny Lobster Fisheries; 20 Bioeconomic Modelling of the New Zealand Fishery for Red Rock Lobsters (Jasus edwardsii); 21 Modelling for Management: The Western Rock Lobster Fishery; 22 The Artificial Shelters (Pesqueros) used for the Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) Fisheries in Cuba; 23 The Use of Artificial Shelters (Casitas) in Research and Harvesting of Caribbean Spiny Lobsters in Mexico24 Recreational Spiny Lobster Fisheries - Research and Management; PART 3: AQUACULTURE AND MARKETING; 25 Prospectus for Aquaculture; 26 Maturation; 27 Breeding; 28 Culture of Larval Spiny Lobsters; 29 Water Quality and Microflora in the Culture Water of Phyllosomas; 30 Spiny Lobster Growout; 31 Diseases of Spiny Lobsters; 32 Functional Morphology of the Digestive System; 33 Nutrition and Food; 34 Colour and Taste; 35 Shipping; 36 Export Marketing of Australian and New Zealand Spiny Lobsters37 Marketing and Distribution in Japan; PART 4: PERSPECTIVES; 38 Perspectives; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Spiny lobsters are among the world's most valuable and highly prized seafoods, captured and marketed in over 90 countries. Demand for spiny lobsters has escalated in the past two decades, spurring the need both for better management and for research on which to base that management. Spiny lobster aquaculture, however, now appears to be a real possibility, some countries have already approved the legislation, and it may be only a few years before this becomes the major source. The book opens with a brief review of the general biology, distribution, fishing techniques etc. but the major empha