Migratory Fishes of South America: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation Status

Joachim Carolsfeld, Brian Harvey, Carmen Ross and Anton Baer

No 14929 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: Fish species that migrate within the great rivers of South America support important local fisheries but are little known outside their native range. This book, written specially for the World Bank and the International Development Research Centre, represents the first collection of the work of local scientific experts on these remarkable fish. The authors cover the Upper Parana, Paraguay-Parana, Uruguay and São Francisco basins in Brazil, as well as the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon. They discuss not only the principal migratory species and their fascinating relationship with the water cycle in the rivers and wetlands, but also the fisheries they support, and their often precarious conservation status.

Keywords: Industry-Fishing; Industry; Water; Resources-River; Basin; Management; Environment-Biodiversity; Water; Resources-Coastal; and; Marine; Resources; Water; Resources-Wetlands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
ISBN: 0-9683958-2-12
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