Biology of Fishery Resources

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Fish Stocks and Discriminant Methods.- Chapter 3. Life History and Early Development of Fishes.- Chapter 4. Age and growth of fish.- Chapter 5. Sexual maturation, reproductive habits and fecundity of fish.- Chapter 6. Fish prey, food habits and interspecific relationships.- Chapter 7. Fish schooling and migration.

Prof. Xinjun Chen is the Dean of the College of Marine Sciences at the Shanghai Ocean University. He is also director of the National Ocean Fisheries Engineering and Technology Research Center, director of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for the Sustainable Development of Ocean Fisheries Resources, director of the key laboratory of ocean fisheries development of the Ministry of Agriculture, director of the China Ocean Fisheries Data Center, and head of the squid fishing technology group of the China Ocean Fisheries Association. He serves as a member of the Fisheries Group of the Sixth and Seventh Subject Review Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, and Associate Editor of Canadian Journal of Fishery and Aquatic Sciences, and the editorial board of Aquaculture and Fishery. He presided over or participated in nearly 70 provincial, ministerial and national projects, including 4 projects on the National Science Fund, and served as thechief of the national project of the National Plan 863 during the 12-five years and the national project of the National Plan "Blue Granary" during the 13-five years. He received 3 excellent teaching materials, 2 provincial and ministerial quality courses, and 2 provincial and ministerial teaching results. He won 23 national, provincial ministerial, and industry awards, and edited 35 books and textbooks. A total of nearly 600 papers were published, of which more than 600 were published in the CSCD and SCI.

Prof. Bilin Liu is the deputy director of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Sustainable Development of Oceanic Fisheries Resources, deputy director of the 10th Youth Working Committee of the Chinese Fisheries Society, special professor of Shanghai "Oriental Scholar". He was selected as one of the "Pujiang Talents" programs, and the first "China Aquatic Science and Technology Youth". He is mainly engaged in the research of marine