The Exploitation of Evolving Resources: Proceedings of an International Conference, held at Jülich, Germany, September 3-5, 1991

The impact of man on the biosphere is profound. Quite apart from our capacity to destroy natural ecosystems and to drive species to extinction, we mould the evolution of the survivors by the selection pressures we apply to them. This has implications for the continued health of our natural biological resources and for the way in which we seek to optimise yield from those resources. Of these biological resources, fish sks are particularly important to mankind as a source of protein. On a glo...