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Randy,

Considering the mess that is Fisheries Science today, I would seriously
suggest that one of the few Holistic perspectives on the real issues is
"P.J. Harrison and T.R. Parson's "Fisheries Oceanography - An
Integrative Approach to Fisheries Ecology and Management" Blackwell
Science, ISSN 1054 6006.

The Chapters are very effective, and each has an exceptional array of
support documentation - and 'modern' examples. Too many of the
'traditional' textbooks still sell basically outdated, and particularly
useless equilibrium-based methodologies that are inappropriate for ocean
ecosystems.

Noone I know who has read it has any complaints - and most wish this
were in their hands when they started out - in any aspect of aquatic
sciences.

Regards,

--
Gary D. Sharp
Center for Climate/Ocean Resources Study
PO Box 2223, Monterey, CA 93940
<http://sharpgary.org>
831-449-9212
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"The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses
to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, scepticism
is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin."
Thomas H. Huxley

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