„Because of this, the book is most appropriate foradvanced students interested in fisheries, fisheries managers, andprofessionals in the field. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.“ (Choice, 1 September 2014)
„It is certainly the most comprehensive volume on fishcondition published to date.“ (Fish & Fisheries, 4 October 2014)
„This book represents an essential contribution to thebiology of marine fishes and will be an extremely valuable guidefor the monitoring, conservation and sustainable exploitation offish stocks.“ (Marine Biology Research, 1September 2014)
„Condition and Health Indicators of Exploited MarineFishes... covers all aspects from a description of themeasures of condition, to physiology and biochemistry; theunderlying biological mechanisms, to environmental factorsaffecting condition, and finally to the use of condition indicatorsin stock assessment. This broad coverage will aid researchers intheir thinking about how condition is determined and what changesin condition mean for individuals and populations. Bringing all ofthese aspects together in one volume makes this book a veryvaluable reference tool.“ (Dr Joanne Morgan, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada)
„This book is very informative and valuable... It istruly an international example of a review, in which differentliterature sources (including Russian, Ukrainian, Scottish andSpanish sources that existed as a “grey literature„)have been assembled for a broader international audience. Theauthors, well known for their excellent research, have provided asubstantial and undeniable contribution to fish condition studies. The book should certainly be a “desktop„ book for manyfishery scientist/ecologists as well as for students and all whoare interested in marine life research.“ (Dr Natalia A. Yaragina, Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheriesand Oceanography, Russia)
„The seven chapters in this book provide, for the firsttime, a detailed and complete analysis of the diversity of thecurrent methods used for analyzing fish condition, providingcutting-edge examples of various applications and recentadvances... this book improves knowledge on fish conditionindices and their applications to fisheries and environmentalsciences. It is an essential reference for students, researchersand fishery managers interested in fishery topics.“(Professor Rachid Amara, Université du LittoralCôte d'Opale, UMR LOG 8187 CNRS, France)
„The authors are to be applauded for providing an updatedreview on this topic in a single volume and from a variety ofperspectives... numerous aspects of the book are to becommended: the range of condition indicators reviewed, theinclusion of applied recommendations and emphasis of importantpoints, and the diversity of facets treated in relation tocondition and health indicators.“ (Dr EmiliGarcía-Berthou, University of Girona, Spain)
„The present book extensively covers all these aspectsrelated to the measurement, significance and usefulness ofcondition indicators to study fish populations in their naturalenvironment. It represents a significant reference for fisheriesbiologists interested in measuring fish health status andproductivity.“
(Dr. Yvan Lambert Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Fisheriesand Oceans Canada)