Multilingual Illustrated Guide to the World's Commercial Warmwater Fish ("Fishing News" Books) - Softcover

Frimodt, Frimodt

9780852382141: Multilingual Illustrated Guide to the World's Commercial Warmwater Fish ("Fishing News" Books)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852382146 ISBN 13: 9780852382141

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1995

Each two-page spread in the new Multilingual Illustrated guide to the world's commercial coldwater fish is a succinct and highly-visual presentation of all that is pertinent to a particular species - over 170 species are covered in all. Information is presented, wherever possible, in tabular and diagramatic format for ease and speed of use - textual description is kept to a minimum. The guide encapsulates a wealth of information vital to all who are concerned with coldwater fish of commercial importance, including traders, processors, fisheries scientists, commercial fishermen, and fisheries economists.

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From the Back Cover:

A highly visual presentation of essential information covering over 140 species of commercial importance, this new guide is an indispensable reference for traders, processors, fisheries scientists, fisheries economists, commercial fishermen, and all who work within the fishing industries of the world.

This unrivalled presentation of quality information comprises a one-page or two-page spread for each species mentioned and lists species name, scientific name and family name, and includes a superb full-colour illustration.

Common names are given in German, Japanese, Spanish, French, English, Italian, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish and Turkish, Pertinent commercial information including nutritional data, typical size and weight, habitat characteristics and fishing areas, fishing and processing methods, and eating quality is given in Italian, Spanish, Danish, German and French.

Claus Frimodt is a specialist on all aspects of the worldwide fishing industry. His company, Scandinavian Fishing Year Book, Based in Hedehusene, Denmark, Publishes The European Fishing Handbook and a number of internationally acclaimed wall charts covering fish, shellfish, and other natural objects. The author is currently working on a series of illustrated guides covering fish of global commercial importance.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Danish, French, German, Italian, Spanish

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