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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. .

Soft cover. Zustand: 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.