Sea Bass

The sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) is an important species commercially, and increasing competition between sport anglers and commercial fisheries for bass stocks has resulted in a degree of over-exploitation in some areas. The authors of this book review the present state of knowledge and present the scientific background to the assessment and management of the bass fishery. The opening section of the book looks in detail at the biology, distribution, behaviour and ecology of the species, including a look at diseases affecting the species. The second section of the book covers exploitation, including full details of the rapidly increasing subject of aquaculture, sports fisheries, commercial fisheries, assessment and valuation, marketing and impact of fishing. The final section of the book details the conservation, management and future of bass fisheries. This book should be of interest to fisheries workers, aquaculturists, fish biologists and all those involved in the commercial exploitation of the species and research into its biology.