Fish Conservation

By G. Helfman. 2007

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"Fish Conservation" offers, for the first time in a single volume, a readable reference with a global approach to marine and freshwater fish diversity and fishery resource issues. Gene Helfman brings together available knowledge on the decline and restoration of freshwater and marine fishes, providing ecologically sound answers to biodiversity declines as well as to fishery management problems at the subsistence, recreational, and commercial levels. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book: considers the value of preserving aquatic biodiversity; offers an overview of imperiled fishes on a taxonomic and geographic basis; presents a synthesis of common characteristics of imperiled fishes and their habitats; details anthropogenic causes of decline; examines human exploitation issues; and, addresses ethical questions surrounding exploitation of fishes.The final chapter integrates topics and evaluates prospects for arresting declines, emphasizing the application of evolutionary and ecological principles in light of projected trends. Throughout, Helfman provides examples, explores case studies, and synthesizes available information from a broad taxonomic, habitat, and geographic range."Fish Conservation" summarizes the current state of knowledge about the degradation and restoration of diversity among fishes and the productivity of fishery resources, pointing out areas where progress has been made and where more needs to be done. Solutions focus on the application of ecological knowledge to solving practical problems, recognizing that effective biodiversity conservation depends on meeting human needs through management that focuses on long-term sustainability and an ecosystem perspective.

Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Physiology

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Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes (2008, background): “While invasions by marine fishes are relatively uncommon and their ecological effects are largely unknown, introductions of predatory freshwater fishes have often proven to be devastating to native communities (Helfman 2007).”
Dramatic Declines in North Atlantic Diadromous Fishes (2009, background): “Dams that are operated for hydropower also cause direct mortality (death by turbines) and may radically alter water discharges (Helfman 2007)—and hence, habitat availability (water or no water)—on daily or even hourly timescales.”
The impact of trout on galaxiid fishes in New Zealand (2010, background): “Consequently, the Galaxiidae rank amongst the “most endangered fish families in the world” (Helfman 2007).”
The aquarium hobby: can sinners become saints in freshwater fish conservation? (2016, background): “Worldwide, the popularity of fish keeping has grown by 14% annually since the 1970s, and currently over 1 billion fish comprising more than 5300 freshwater fish species are traded internationally each year (Helfman 2007; Hulme 2009; Collins et al. 2012).”
Uncovering an obscure trade: Threatened freshwater fishes and the aquarium pet markets (2013, methodology): “, 2009) and involving 5300 freshwater and 1802 marine fish (Hensen et al., 2010; Rhyne et al., 2012a).”
Nonindigenous Species of the Pacific Northwest: An Overlooked Risk to Endangered Salmon? (2009, background): “The introduction and establishment of nonindigenous fishes has contributed to the decline of native species worldwide (Lever 1996, Helfman 2007).”