A Century of Fisheries in North America

Description

Norman G. Benson, editor

330 pages, hardcover

ISBN 978-0-913235-05-8

Special Publication 7

Published 1970

Commemorating the centennial of the American Fisheries Society, this book reviews the progress in the field of fisheries in North America from 1870 to 1970. It assembles information and viewpoints of leading fishery scientists and includes historical accounts of the Society, education in the fishery profession, fishery research, and review management of various fish stocks and habitats.

The American Fisheries Society was one of the first organizations to directly face the political and technical problems of managing natural resources. This centennial volume shows how the field made significant progress in developing knowledge and techniques; however, many social and political challenges remain.

CONTENTS

vii | Foreward (Elwood A. Seaman)

ix |Preface (Norman G. Benson)

1 | The First Fifty Years-The Exciting Ones (Paul E. Thompson)

13 | The American Fisheries Society, 1920-1970 (Norman G. Benson)

25 |Trends in Fishery Research (J. L. McHugh)

57 | Fishery Education and Training (Kenneth D. Carlander)

71 | A History of Fish Culture as Related to the Development of Fishery Programs (J. T. Bowen)

95 | History of Warmwater Pond Culture in the United States (H. S. Swingle)

107 | Trends in Fishery Management of the Great Lakes (Stanford H. Smith)

115 | Major Advances in Fisheries Management in North American Glacial Lakes (R. A. Ryder)

129 | Advances in Management of Fish in Natural Lakes of Western North America (T. G. Northcote)

141 | Warm-Water Streams (John L. Funk)

153 | Management of Trout Streams (Edwin L. Cooper)

163 | Fish Passage (G. J. Eicher)

173 | Reservoir Fish Management (Robert M. Jenkins)

183 | Management of the Pacific Sardine (Elbert H. Ahlstrom and John Radovich)

195 | Management of North American Herring Stocks (Bernard E. Skud)

209 | Management of Pacific Halibut (F. Heward Bell)

223 | Management of Pacific Salmon of North America (P. A. Larkin)

237 | Management of the American Pacific Tuna Fishery (Milner B. Schaefer)

249 | Management of the Groundfish Fisheries of the Northwest Atlantic (Herbert W. Graham)

263 | Oyster and Clam Management (James B. Engle)

277 | The American Fisheries Society Today (Robert F. Hutton)

291 | Future of Fisheries Management in North America (Richard H. Stroud)

Appendix

310 | Presidents’ Terms of Office and Places of Annual Meetings

313 | Map Showing 100 Years of Annual Meetings

314 | Complete Listing of Volumes and Numbers of the Transactions

316 | Publications of the American Fisheries Society

317 | Roster of Editors of the Transactions

319 | Living Honorary Members

320 | Recorded Act of Incorporation

321 | Certificate of Fisheries Scientist

322 | North American Fisheries Policy

326 | Code of Practices

328 | Rules of Procedure for Submitting Resolutions

330 | Policy and Procedure for Membership Drive