Aquarium Fishes And Their Collection In The Great Barrier Reef Region

Michael Whitehead, Jeff Gilmore, Elaine Eager, Peter McGinnity, Wendy Craik, Paddy Macleod
September 1986

COVER PAGE [Adobe Acrobat Format 86.95KB]

CONTENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 73.55KB]

INTRODUCTION [Adobe Acrobat Format 117.25KB]

OPERATION OF THE INDUSTRY [Adobe Acrobat Format 515.74KB]

1. Collecting areas
2. Techniques of fish collecting
   1. Breathing systems
   2. Nets
   3. Hooks and lines
   4. Chemicals and explosives
   5. Transportation
3. Economics of collecting

CURRENT REGULATION OF COLLECTING [Adobe Acrobat Format 93.92KB]

1. Professional collectors
2. Amateur collectors

KNOWN BIOLOGY OF POTENTIAL AQUARIUM FISH AND IMPLICATIONS POSED BY COLLECTING [Adobe Acrobat Format 176.89KB]

1. Community structure
   1. Order theory
   2. Chaos theory
2. Recruitment
   1. Resource limited recruitment
   2. Recruitment limited population

REVIEW OF POTENTIAL AREAS OF CONFLICT WITH [Adobe Acrobat Format 529.91KB]

SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS AND PROPOSED RESEARCH [Adobe Acrobat Format 529.91KB]

1. Areas of conflict
   1. Effects on target species
   2. Effects on reef community
2. Suggested solutions
3. Proposed research programs
   1. Biological studies
   2. Economics of the industry
   3. Fishing activities

DISCUSSION [Adobe Acrobat Format 94.97KB]

CONCLUSIONS [Adobe Acrobat Format 51.00KB]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 32.17KB]

REFERENCES [Adobe Acrobat Format 294.87KB]

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