Lobsters: Florida, Bahamas, and the Caribbean - Softcover

Moe Jr., Martin A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0939960060 ISBN 13: 9780939960064

Publisher: Green Turtle, 1991

Synopsis

A wealth of information for anyone interested in tropical lobster. The only reference that brings together the hundred of scientific studies on the Caribbean spiny lobster, including Moe's previously unpublished aquaculture research. The information is valuable for the marine science student and professional aquarist, yet is presented in a format that the recreational diver, commercial fisherman, or marine hobbyist can understand and appreciate. An interesting, entertaining, and scientifically, accurate account of the recreational and commercial fisheries, natural history, evolution, biology, morphology, taxonomy, and the captive culture of the Caribbean lobster, Panulirus argus.

About this title

About the Author:

Martin Moe is a professional marine biologist and commercial marine fish breeder. He is the author of several books and is internationaly know for his contributions to the marine aquarium hobby.

Review:

In this book, Martin Moe Jr., undertook the challenge of presenting the complexities of the Florida lobsters biology and its management, to a non scientific audience in a form that is informative, readable, but not patronizing. He has succeeded. He has produced a fact-filled book that should be of interest to students, fishermen, divers, etc.; those wanting a general introduction to the subject. --The Lobster Newsletter, Vol.5, No.1, January 1992

Martin Moe is a name widely known and respected in the marine aquarium hobby; he is regarded by many as the "father" of captive marine fish breeding and rearing efforts. He has contributed vst amounts of information, knowledge, and wisdom to this field through his many popular and scientific articles. ...In his latest work, Lobsters: Florida, Bahamas, The Caribbean, Moe continues his tradition of excellence in providing the most comprehensive reference on marine lobsters I have ever seen! --Richard Pyle, Fresh and Marine Aquarium Magazine, March 1992

The usefulness and merits of this book consist in that it serves to popularize biological facts about a very important group of crustaceans in the wider Caribbean region. Mo delivers an important and much needed message to the reader on why the precious resource that is the spiny lobster needs to be properly managed and protected. --Bulletin of Marine Science, 54(3): 1089-1090, 1994

About this edition

• Publisher: Green Turtle
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0939960060
• ISBN 13: 9780939960064
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 510