Robert M Mcdowall (3 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 8vo paperback (147 x 208mm). Pp120. B/w photographs and illustrations, maps. Slight shelf-wear but a good-plus paperback. Signed by the author on the title-page. ".I have written this book wearing from time to time each of two 'hats' - that of the angler and that of the biologist. With a bit of luck the result has been trout fisheries biology from an angler's viewpoint." (from the author's preface). Book number four in the publisher's Fish and Fowl series. Chapters include: The salmonid fisheries; Introduction and establishment; The impact of exotic fishes; Some basic facts about trout anatomy; The salmonid life cycle; Diseases and parasites; Knowing what you've caught; Brown trout; Rainbow trout; The chars; Managing fish populations; The real issue is habitat; Learning more about trout biology. .

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. ix, 308pp, index, appendix, references, bw ills, diagrams, maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Prev owner name on front free endpaper, clear adhesive plastic (contact) covering. The phenomenon involving the migration of fishes between freshwater and the sea is widely represented, particularly among the salmon and trouts, but also sturgeons, lampreys and others. Describes the fish which exhibit diodromy, their life history strategies and the implications for fisheries. Size: 8vo.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Gamekeepers for the Nation Story of New Zealand's Acclimatisation Societies, 1861-1990 By Robert M. McDowall. Publisher Canterbury University Press, 1994, first edition. SCARCE. OUT OF PRINT. Good softback; binding firm, light edge/shelf-wear; fading and creasing to spine; crease on corner, no inscriptions, repaired tear to top of spine, with minor marks to closed edges. 508 pages, illustrated. This large, tightly-packed book for the general reader is a commissioned account of the introduction of animals and the development of recreational hunting and freshwater fishing in New Zealand. It includes introduced non-game animals. Coverage is by e.g., history, law, politics, commercialisation, and individual species. The book has 104 b/w photos, a few graphs and small maps, full notes and references and a comprehensive index. The author is one of New Zealand's foremost biologists. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.