Product Description
Robert I. Southwick and Andrew J. Loftus, editors
177 pages
Published by American Fisheries Society, September 2003
Summary
Special Publication 30
This book is an update and expansion of the widely accepted monetary values of fish that have been published by AFS since 1975 (last updated in 1992 as Special Publication 24). This publication has been adopted as the legal basis for restitution or fines in more than half the states and has been upheld in numerous legal challenges. In this current version, freshwater mussels are included for the first time. The publication contains comprehensive methods for assessing fish kills and freshwater mussel kill events and for assessing restitution based on replacement cost for organisms lost in the kill. Tables containing updated replacement cost values for most major fish species that are cultured and for all freshwater mussel species in the USA are included. This book is a must for anyone involved with fish or freshwater mussel kills, propagation, and water pollution policy
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Procedures for Investigation a Fish Kill
Chapter 2. Field Guidelines for Counting Dead Fish
Chapter 3. Principles of Sampling Dead Fish
Chapter 4. Costs and Economic Valuation of Fish Kills
Chapter 5. Procedures for the Investigation of Freshwater Mollusk Kills
Chapter 6. Costs and Economic Valuation of Freshwater Mussel Kills
References
Appendix A: Replacement Costs of Fish
Appendix B: Threatened and Endangered Species of Fish
Appendix C: Methodology for Determining Replacement Cost for Fish
Appendix D: Legal Precedents
Appendix E: Threatened and Endangered Mussels
Appendix F: Replacement Costs of Juvenile Freshwater Mussels
Appendix G: Table of Random Numbers