IV-A-6 



American Fisheries Society. 1966. A symposium on estuarine fisheries. 

 Special Publication No. 3, Washington, D.C. 154 pp. 



This book is a collection of papers developed from talks given on 

 estuarine fisheries and associated problems during a symposium sponsored 

 by the American Fisheries Society. Concern for estuarine fishery resources 

 stems largely from the fact that at least 65 percent of U.S. 

 commercial fish and shellfish and most marine sport species inhabit the 

 estuarine environment during all or part of their life cycle. The 

 contribution of these estuarine fishery resources to our general health 

 and economic well-being has increased at a far greater rate than was 

 predicted. For most estuarine fishery resources, the major problem will 

 be to provide an adequate supply in the face of increased demands and 

 dwindling habitat. 



The estuarine environment is complex. General ists who recognize 

 man as an important member of the ecosystem and specialists from a 

 variety of disciplines are needed to develop solutions to many estuarine 

 problems. Five of the papers from this book have been selected for 

 review in this bibliography. (See IV-A-7, IV-E-12, IV-E-16, IV-E-31 , 

 and IV-E-34.) (J.B.) 



Keywords: fisheries, estuarine community, U.S. general 



IV-A-7 



McHugh, J.L. 1966. Management of estuarine fisheries. Pages 133-154 in^ 



American Fisheries Society, A symposium on estuarine fisheries. 



Washington, D.C. 



Almost two-thirds (by value) of the United States commercial catch 

 and much of the marine sport catch is composed of species that spend 

 at least a part of their lives within estuaries. Dominance of estuarine 

 species is especially great in catches along the Atlantic and Gulf 

 coasts. Invertebrates are important in the commercial catch in these 

 regions also, accounting for considerably more than 50 percent of the 

 value of landings from Chesapeake Bay south and in the Gulf of Mexico. 



Estuarine fishery resources inhabit a rich but stressful environment. 

 Man's increasing fishing pressures and his other modifications of the 

 environment place additional stresses on the resources, and man's 

 diverse interests in the resources and their environment create difficult 

 social -political problems. Many of the methods of dealing with these 

 problems are antiquated and inefficient, and scientific knowledge is 

 seldom adequate to provide clear-cut answers. The complex life-histories 

 of most estuarine fishery resources require unusually detailed knowledge 

 of ecology as a basis for management. Seldom have we had the facilities 

 and resources to obtain such knowledge, and this is one reason why 

 virtually none of our estuarine fishery resources is under effective 



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