Guide to the Marine Sport Fishes of Atlantic Canada and New England / Brian W. Coad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coad, Brian W., author.

Contributor:

Canadian Museum of Nature.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine fishes--Atlantic Coast (Canada)--Identification.

Marine fishes.

Marine fishes--New England--Identification.

Saltwater fishing--Atlantic Coast (Canada).

Saltwater fishing.

Saltwater fishing--New England.

New England.

Canada--Atlantic Coast.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Atlantic Canada and northern New England have a great diversity of fishes providing both food and sport. Their waters are home to more than 600 kinds of fished, of which 70 are of sporting, culinary, or bait-fish interest. Brian W. Coad provides a convenient and comprehensive guide to these fishes.

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; The angler's personal catch record; BACKGROUND INFORMATION; Purpose of the book; Format of family and species accounts; Structure of fishes; Biology of fishes; How to identify fishes; Preserving fishes for identification; Dangerous fishes; Pollution; Oceanography; Commercial fisheries; History; Fish farming; FAMILY AND SPECIES ACCOUNTS; Dogfish shark family (Squalidae); Greenland shark; Spiny dogfish; Mackerel shark family (Lamnidae); Great white shark; Porbeagle; Requiem shark family (Carcharhinidae); Blue shark; Skate family (Rajidae); Barndoor skate; Little skate

Smooth skateThorny skate; Winter skate; Sturgeon family (Acipenseridae); Atlantic sturgeon; Herring family (Clupeidae); American shad; Atlantic herring; Blueback herring; Gaspereau; Argentine family (Argentinidae); Atlantic argentine; Freshwater eel family (Anguillidae); American eel; Salmon family (Salmonidae); Arctic charr; Atlantic salmon; Brook charr; Brown trout; Coho salmon; Pink salmon; Rainbow trout; Smelt family (Osmeridae); Capelin; Rainbow smelt; Cod family (Gadidae); Arctic cod; Atlantic cod; Atlantic tomcod; Cusk; Haddock; Ogac; Pollock; Red hake; White hake

Hake family (Merlucciidae)Silver hake; Grenadier family (Macrouridae); Rock grenadier; Saury family (Scomberesocidae); Atlantic saury; Killifish family (Fundulidae); Mummichog; Silverside family (Atherinidae); Atlantic silverside; Temperate bass family (Percichthyidae); Striped bass; White perch; Bluefish family (Pomatomidae); Bluefish; Wrasse family (Labridae); Cunner; Tautog; Wolffish family (Anarhichadidae); Atlantic wolffish; Eelpout family (Zoarcidae); Ocean pout; Mackerel family (Scombridae); Atlantic bonito; Atlantic mackerel; Bluefin tuna; Swordfish family (Xiphiidae); Swordfish

Butterfish family (Stromateidae)Butterfish; Scorpionfish family (Scorpaenidae); Redfishes; Sculpin family (Cottidae); Arctic sculpin; Arctic staghorn sculpin; Grubby; Longhorn sculpin; Sea raven; Shorthorn sculpin; Lumpfish family (Cyclopteridae); Lumpfish; Lefteye flounder family (Bothidae); Summer flounder; Windowpane; Righteye flounder family (Pleuronectidae); Atlantic halibut; Canadian plaice; Greenland halibut; Smooth flounder; Winter flounder; Witch flounder; Yellowtail flounder; Goosefish family (Lophiidae); Monkfish; Appendix 1. Recording the catch; Taxidermy; Fish prints

Appendix 2. Useful skillsKnot tying; Safety and life-saving techniques; Appendix 3. Fish as food; Buying, storing, and preparing fish; Recipes; Smoking fish and making caviar; Appendix 4. Other information useful to the angler; Books and periodicals on fishes; Licences and regulations; Travel and maps; Tides, charts, and weather reports; Boats and deep-sea fishing; Scuba diving and snorkelling; Glossary of terms used in this book; Bilingual Canadian fishing lexicon; Metric conversions; Index

Notes:

"Canadian Museum of Nature."

"Bilingual Canadian fishing lexicon": pages 287-291.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7181-X

OCLC:

1090920064