Brief Introduction to Fisheries

Xinjun Chen is a Professor and Dean of the College of Marine Science and Technology, Shanghai Fisheries University. He is associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, and a member of the editorial boards of Fisheries and Aquaculture, China Fisheries, Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology.He holds a Master of Science in Fishery from Shanghai Fisheries University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Natural Resources Management from Nanjing Agricultural University.His research interests include fisheries biology, fisheries stock assessment and management, fisheries oceanography, fisheries economics, and oceanic squid fishery. He has published a number of books in Chinese, including Theory and Methods of Sustainable Use of Fisheries Resources, Bio-economics of Marine Fisheries Resource, Biology of Fisheries and Fisheries Oceanography, and Introduction to Fisheries. Yingqi Zhou is a Professor (retired) at Shanghai Ocean University, and former President of Shanghai Fisheries University. He is the Executive Director of the Fishery Development Strategy Study Centre of China, Chairman of the Chinese State Education Ministry’s education steering committee for fisheries science, and an advisor to the Chinese Fisheries Association and the Deep Sea Fisheries Association of China. He is a member of the 7th, 8th and 9th Council of Asia Fisheries Forum; and the State Council of China’s 5th committee for academic degrees. Further he is a member of the editorial boards of Fisheries Research, and the International Journal of Environment Biology of Fish. He holds a BSc. in Industrial Fishing from the Shanghai Fisheries College. His research interests include the mechanics of fishing gear and selectivity, fish behavior, and fisheries management. He has published three textbooks in Chinese: Application Fish Behaviour; Introduction to Fisheries; and Fishing Gear Mechanics. Jiahua Le is an Associate Professor at Shanghai Ocean University, and Executive Director of China Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Economic Society; as well as the China Recreational Fishing and Fishery Association. He is a member of the China Fisheries Society and Japan Regional Fisheries Society, and Director of the Research Center for Fisheries Development Strategy China. He holds master's degrees in Economics and in Law from the University of Shizuoka, Japan. His research interests include industrial development strategy, fishery economy and fishery management. He was deputy editor-in-chief of Introduction to Japanese Aquaculture.

• Chapter I Preface.- Section 1 Definition and Characteristics of Fisheries.- 1，Definition and classification of fisheries.- 2，Characteristics of fishery resources.- 3，Characteristics of the fisheries industry.- Section 2 About this book.- 1，Aim and scope.- 2，Research content of this book.- 3, Curriculum and Related Contents.- Section 3 Purpose of Introduction to Fisheries and its Role in Fisheries.- 1，Purpose and Significance of Learning Introduction to Fisheries2，Role and position of fisheries in the national economy and society.- Section 4 The Role of Fisheries in the National Economy and Society.- 1，Fisheries provide people with a rich source of protein.- 2，Direct contribution of fisheries to national economic development.- 3，Increasing National Fiscal and Foreign Exchange Income from Fisheries.- 4，Fisheries are conducive to arranging the rural labour force and providing social employment rate.- 5，Contribution of fisheries to global sustainable development and aquatic ecosystems.- 6，Contribution of fisheries to the development of other industries.- Chapter II World Fisheries.- Section 1 Overview of the State of World Fisheries Development.- 1, Overview of World Fisheries.- 2, Overview of the world fishing industry.- 3, Overview of the world aquaculture industry.- 4, Overview of world fisheries employment and fleets.- 5, State of the world's marine fishery resources.- 6, Overview of World Processing and Utilization of Aquatic Products.- 7, Overview of World Trade in aquatic products.- 8, Overview of world fisheries management.- Section 2 Distribution of Major Fishery Resources and Fishery Areas in the World.- 1, Classification of major habitats of fishery resources such as fish.- 2, Division of the world's fishing areas.- 3, Resources of the world's inland waters and types of fisheries.- Section 3 Evolution and Structural Changes in World Fisheries Production.- 1, Evolution of world fisheries production.- 2, Changes in the production structure of the world's fisheries.- Section 4 World Ocean Fishing.- 1, Main target groups of the world's marine fisheries.- 2, Development and utilization of fishery resources in various sea areas of the world.- Section 5 World Aquaculture.- 1, Main target groups for world aquaculture 2, World Aquaculture Development.- Section 6 World Aquatic Processing and Utilization Industry.- 1, World Status of Aquatic Products Processing and Utilization.- 2, Status of by-product use of fisheries.- 3, World Trends in the Processing and Utilization of Aquatic Products.- Section 7 Modern Leisure Fisheries.- 1, Concepts and Forms of Leisure Fisheries.- 2, Overview of leisure fisheries development.- 3, International Management and Development of Leisure Fisheries.- Section 8 World Trade in Fishery Products.- 1, Statusand status of World Trade in fishery products in international trade.- 2, Countries that trade in the world's major fish products.- 3, World consumption of fish products.- 4, Major fisheries products in world trade.- 5, Trends in world trade in fish products.- Section 9 Status and trends in international fisheries management.- 1, Overview of the international fisheries management development process .- 2, Analysis of trends in international fisheries management.- 3, Nature, categories and functions of major international fisheries organizations.- Section 10 Major problems and trends in world fisheries .- 1, Main Problems in the World's Fisheries.- 2, Future trends in international fisheries.- Chapter III Overview of the world's major fishing nations.- Section 1 China Fisheries and .- Section 2 Japan Fisheries.- Section 3 The United States Fisheries.- Section 4 Indonesia Fisheries.- Section 5 India Fisheries.- Chapter V Overview of Major Fisheries Studies.- Section 1 Overview of Fishing Science.- 1, The concept and research content of fishing science.- 2, Research Status and Development Trend of Fishing Science.- Section 2 Overview of Fisheries Resources.- 1, The Concept and Research Content of Fisheries Resources.- 2, Research Status and Development Trend of Fisheries Resources.- Section 3 Aquatic Growth and Culture.- 1, The Concept and Research Content of Aquatic Cultivation 2, Research Status and Development Trend of Aquatic Growth and Breeding.- Section 4 An Overview of the Processing and Utilization of Aquatic Products.- 1, The concept of processing and utilization of aquatic products and its research content.- 2, Research status and development trend of aquatic products processing and utilization.- Section 5 Overview of Fisheries Information Technology.- 1, The Concept of Fisheries Information Technology and its Research Contents.- 2, Research Status and Development Trend of Fisheries Information Technology.- Section 6 Overview of fisheries economics.- 1, The Concept of Fisheries Economics and Its Research Contents 2, Research Status and Development Trend of Fisheries Economics.- Section 7 Overview of Fisheries Resources Economics.- 1, The Concept of the Economics of Fishery Resources and Its Research Contents.- 2, Research Status and Development Trend of Fisheries Resources Economics.- Chapter VI Sustainable Development of Fisheries.- Section 1 Overview of Sustainable Development Theory.- 1, From economic growth to sustainable development.- 2, The concept of sustainable development.- Section 2 The Sustainable Use of Fishery Resources.- 1, The basic reason and model of change of fishery resources.- 2, The general process of exploitation and utilization of fishery resources and the reason of decline based on economics.- 3, The concept and connotation of sustainable utilization of fishery resources.- Section 3 International Action for Sustainable Development of Fisheries- Blue Growth.- 1, Overview of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.- 2, Agenda 2030 and sustainable fisheries development.- 3, Progress in international action for the sustainable development of fisheries.- 4, Blue Growth.- Section 4 Assessment of the sustainable use of fishery resources in global marine areas.- 1, Changes in the average trophic level of global catches.- 2, Potential change mechanisms of MTL.- 3, Impact of Fisheries Development Process on the Effectiveness of 3.25 MTL Indicators.- Section 5 Carbon Sink Fisheries.- 1, The concept of carbon sink fisheries and its role.- 2, Carbon sinks in marine fisheries and their development strategies.- Chapter VII Global environmental change and fisheries.- Section 1 Overview of Global Environmental Change.- 1, Eutrophication.- 2. Global warming.- 3, Destruction of the ozone layer.- 4, Ocean acidification.- Section 2 Impact of major global environmental change events on fisheries.- 1, the effects of eutrophication on fisheries.- 2, Impact of global warming on fisheries.- 3, Effects of ozone layer destruction on fisheries.- 4, Ocean acidification and its impacts on fisheries.- Section 3 Global Climate Change and Marine Ecosystems.- 1, Changes in fisheries in different marine ecosystems.- 2, High latitude spring water bloom system.- 3, Coastal boundary systems.- 4, Upstream System on the Western Boundary.- 5, Equatorial upwelling system.- 6, semi-enclosed sea.- 7, Sub-tropical circulation.- Section 4 Impact of Global Climate Change on Aquaculture.- 1, Overview of global climate change impacts on aquaculture.- 2, Vulnerability of climate change to aquaculture by region, country and species.- 3, International actions to reduce the impact of climate change on aquaculture.- Section 5 Vulnerability assessment of food security under the impacts of climate change on marine fisheries.- References.