# Fish, Fishing, and Conservation

- By: Donald J. Orth
- Publisher: Virginia Tech
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Fish_Fishing_and_Conservation)
- Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Fish_Fishing_and_Conservation
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/bio-110275/pdf

Fish, Fishing, and Conservation asserts that all peoples must play a role in conservation. Through case studies, engaging narrative and graphics, and exercises, the text explores major motivations for fishing and non-fishing related values, responsible fisheries practices, the rights of all people to decide how to manage and conserve fish, their habitats, and how they are utilized. For many fishes, overfishing remains a pressing global problem for which appropriate solutions are not easily found