BIOLOGY OF FARMED FISH. Kenneth D. Black and Alan D. Pickering (eds.). 1998. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. ISBN 0-8493-9731-6. 415 p. $149.95 (hardbound). ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF AQUACULTURE. Kenneth D. Black (ed.). 2001. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. ISBN 0-8493-0501-2. 212 p. $139.95 (hardbound).—The Sheffield Biological Series presents two companion volumes on aquaculture, the first a general overview of 12 different aspects of the field, the second, published three years later, focused specifically on the environmental impacts of the industry. In the preface of both books, the editors identify their intended audiences as those with a research or academic interest in the field as a whole. There is little doubt that there is a great need for a reliable text reviewing recent developments in aquaculture. Teachers in the field currently piece together a number of reviews from several sources for their classes, and academics and managers require a text that...

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