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Based on the second International Fisheries Symposium hosted by the Humberside International Fisheries Institute, this book draws together information on catch effort sampling techniques, showing how these are used in the broad field of inland fisheries management. Catch effort sampling is an important technique in the management of fisheries and this book covers methods used to evaluate both commercial and recreational fisheries in tropical and temperate regions, providing valuable insight into managing large freshwater fisheries. Although catch effort sampling techniques for marine fisheries have been well–documented, little information has previously been available for freshwater fisheries. The book is subdivided into five parts. 1: Temperate recreational fisheries. 2: Temperate commercial fisheries. 3: Tropical commerical fisheries. 4: Data handling and evaluation for recreational fisheries. 5: Data handling and evaluation for commercial fisheries.