Freshwater Fisheries Managemen Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	The authors
Pt. 1	The resource	1
1.1	The aquatic environment	1
1.2	Water quality	5
1.3	Water quantity	15
1.4	Basic fish biology	17
1.5	Food and food-chains	23
1.6	Monitoring and controlling fish stocks	27
1.7	Fish mortality	45
Pt. 2	Management techniques and methods	51
2.1	Management of coarse fisheries	52
2.2	Management of salmonid fisheries	60
2.3	Construction of stillwaters	67
2.4	Maintenance of stillwaters	74
2.5	Control of aquatic plants	78
2.6	Habitat improvement in still and running waters	85
2.7	Bankside vegetation	96
2.8	Control of pests and predators	99
2.9	Protection of fish stocks by regulations	109
Pt. 3	Exploitation	119
3.1	Angling requirements and methods	119
3.2	Formation and management of angling clubs	122
3.3	Commercial exploitation of coarse fish	132
3.4	Commercial exploitation of salmonids	139
3.5	Aquaculture of salmonids	147
3.6	Aquaculture of cyprinids	161
3.7	Crayfish farming	177
3.8	Other users of the aquatic environment	179
	App. 1 Administration of freshwater fisheries in the British Isles	185
	App. 2 Careers in freshwater fisheries	191
	App. 3 National organizations in the British Isles	193
	App. 4 Fisheries grants	199
	App. 5 Checklist for the construction, restoration and management of pond fisheries	201
	App. 6 Aquatic plants	208
	App. 7 Legislation for angling club administrators	212
	App. 8 Genetic developments and salmonid fishery management	218
	App. 9 Annual timetable of cyprinid farming	219
	App. 10 Protected species list	221
	App. 11 Conservation designations of sites	223
	App. 12 Conversion factors and useful equivalents	224
	App. 13 Common animal and plant names, with scientific equivalents	226
	Reading list	229
	Index	233