This revised edition updates a major college text and professional reference book. Authored by 42 eminent educators and fisheries managers, it reflects the rapid changes in managing inland fisheries since the first edition, especially in applying ecosystem approaches and adopting larger spatial scales for management. The book covers fishery assessments, habitat and community manipulations, and common practices for managing stream, river, lake, and anadromous fisheries. Chapters on history; ecosystem management; management processes; communications with the public; introduced, undesirable, and endangered species; and the legal and regulatory frameworks provide the context for modern fisheries management.

The main changes that comprise this revision are:

1. Addition of new developments in fisheries management and research over the last decade with inclusion of recent literature supporting the descriptions of the new information. The areas that have developed the fastest over the decade include:

• greater application of human dimensions information to the management process,
• more thorough understanding of the role of ecological processes in controlling the productivity of fisheries,
• more focus on the management of fish communities and nongame species, and
• expansion of management to large spatial scales.

2. Inclusion of a new chapter that focuses on the emerging concept of ecosystem management.

3. Involvement of several new authors who are the current or emerging experts in the specific subject areas that they address in the book.