Investigation and Monetary Values of Fish and Freshwater Mollusk Kills

Preface

doi: https://doi.org/10.47886/9781934874479.fmatter

This publication, Investigation and Monetary Values of Fish and Freshwater Mollusk Kills, has been prepared for natural resource professionals who investigate fish and freshwater mussel kills and assess monetary damages of such events. Previous editions and predecessors of this publication have been adopted as the legal basis for fines or restitution in more than half the states and have been upheld in numerous legal challenges. This manual contains guidelines for organizing investigations, designing and performing necessary fieldwork, and calculating legally defensible damages to fish or freshwater mussel populations. See page xv, the first pages of Chapters 4 and 6, and periodic footnotes throughout the document for important limitations on the use of the economic guidelines.