Life and Times of the Murray Cod

Foreword

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Preface

Acknowledgements

About the contributors

An introduction to the life and times of the Murray cod



Part I: Origins

1. In the beginning: the origins of the Murray cod


Part II: Biology

2. Next generation: the spawning of Murray cod

3. The young and the restless: the early life of the Murray cod

4. 'A lazy fish': diet, habitat and movement of adult Murray cod

5. From little fish big fish grow: age, growth and the biggest Murray cod


Part III: People and Murray cod

6. Murray cod and First Nations people

7. European encounters: colonial explorers and early contact with the Murray cod

8. Fish in abundance: the Murray cod is introduced to Western science


Part IV: Fisheries

9. Land, sheep and fish: settlement and the origins of the Murray cod commercial fishery

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10. Gold-fish: the gold rush and the commercial Murray cod fishery

11. 'A trade of extermination': overfishing and Aboriginal loss

12. Recreational fishing


Part V: Conservation and the future

13. A fish in troubled waters

14. Past and future conservation of the Murray cod

15. Epilogue



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Index

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• Ciência ecológica, a biosfera
• História da Ciência
• Peixes (ictiologia)
• Biodiversidade
• Limnologia (água doce)
• A política ambiental e protocolos

Conservation; Research; Natural history; First Nations; Aboriginal peoples; Freshwater fish; Murray cod; Fishing; Native species