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Laboratory Leafelts

General Series Laboratory Leaflets

A long-standing series aimed at the fishing industry, fisheries managers, junior technicians and interested laypersons rather than a scientific readership. Covers both fisheries and environmental aspects.

75. An appraisal of the UK bass fishery and its management (1995) (PDF, 0.3 MB)
74. Results of bass tagging in Poole Bay during 1992 (1994) (PDF, 0.2MB)
73. Guidelines for assessing marine aggregate extraction (1993) (PDF, 0.1MB)
72. Key issues in the conservation of Fisheries (1993) (PDF, 0.1MB)
71. Why fisheries need to be managed and why technical conservation measures on their own are not enough (1993) (PDF, 0.2MB)
70. Aide memoire on scientific advice on fisheries management (1992) (PDF, 0.2MB)
69. Gill netting (1991) (PDF, 0.7MB)
66. Storage and care of live lobsters (1991) (PDF, 1.14 MB)
64. Stability and the objectives of fishery management: the scientific background (1990) (PDF, 0.2MB)
61. The North Sea cod and the English fishery (1988) (PDF, 1.78MB)
60. The scientific essentials of fisheries management and regulations (1987) (PDF, 788KB)
59. The bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and management of its fishery in England and Wales (1987) (PDF, 2.7MB)
58. Why increase mesh sizes? (1986) (PDF, 1.61MB)
57. The use of anchored gill and tangle nets in the sea fisheries of England and Wales (1985) (PDF, 2.27MB)
56. Scad in the north-east Atlantic (1983) (PDF, 1.48MB)
55. Rockall and its fishery (1982) (PDF, 2.98MB)
54. A background to scientific advice on Fisheries Management (1982) (PDF, 1.98MB)
53. Prospects for fuller utilization of UK fish meal capacity (1981)(PDF, 1.46MB)
52. A review of development of the Solent oyster fishery 1972-80 (1981) (PDF, 2.53 MB)
51. The scallop and its fishery in England and Wales (1980) (PDF, 3.09MB)
49. Coho salmon in north-west Europe: possible effects on native salmonids (1979) (PDF, 2.46MB)
48. Squid, a review of their biology and fisheries (1979) (PDF, 3.13MB)
46. Heat processing of cockles (1979) (PDF, 1.11MB)
45. Blue whiting (1979) (PDF, 1.8MB)
44. Mackerel – a problem in fish stock assessment (1978)(PDF, 532KB)
43. Shellfish purification in installations using ultraviolet light (1978) (PDF, 516KB)
42. Prawn culture research (1978) (PDF, 750KB)
41. New deep-water trawling grounds to the west of Britain (1978) (PDF, 1.53MB)
40. The potential for the culture of crustacea in salt water in the United Kingdom (1977) (PDF, 404KB)
39. Artificial seawater for shellfish tanks (1977) (PDF, 951KB)
38. Horse mackerel (1977) (PDF, 627KB)
37. The live storage of lobsters (1977) (PDF, 283KB)
36. The management of Irish Sea fisheries - a review (1977) (PDF, 1.78MB)
35. Fish cultivation research (1977) (PDF, 469KB)
34. Deposit of molluscan shellfish (1977) (PDF, 728KB)
33. The crab fishery south west England (1976) (PDF, 2.83MB)
32. Mackerel research in the south-west (1976) (PDF, 5.26MB)
31. Oyster fisheries of England and Wales (1976) (PDF, 1.62MB)
30. Norfolk crab investigations 1969-73 (1975) (PDF, 2.45MB)
29. Impact of mechanical harvesting on the Thames Estuary cockle fishery (1972) (PDF, 3.93MB)
28. The fishery for the pink shrimp, (Pandalus montagui), in the Wash (1973) (PDF, 4.83MB)
27. Prawn culture in the United Kingdom (1972) (PDF, 6.18MB)
26. The cockle (1972) (PDF, 1.10MB)
24. Marine fish farming (1972) (PDF, 350KB)
23. Mackerel of the south-west (1971) (PDF, 504KB)
22. Cornish crawfish investigations (1971) (PDF, 563KB)
21. Fishing for sandeels (1970) (PDF, 404KB)
20. The production of clean shellfish (1969) (PDF, 764KB)
19. Oyster pests and their control (1969) (PDF, 997KB)
18. The Torrey Canyon disaster and fisheries (1968) (PDF, 1.20MB)
17. Yorkshire crab stocks (1967) PDF, 709KB)
15. Whelks (1967) (PDF, 1.35MB)
14. Tuna fishing (1966) (PDF, 1.09MB)
13. Lobster storage and shellfish purification (1966) (PDF, 587KB)
12. The Norfolk crab fishery (1966) (PDF, 844KB)
11. North Sea plaice stocks (1966) (PDF, 700KB)
10. Protecting British shellfisheries (1966) (PDF, 437KB)
9. The Cornish pilchard and its fishery (1965) (PDF, 627KB)
8. Future Prospects in the distant water fisheries (1965) (PDF, 1.15MB)
7. The West Greenland cod fishery (1965) (PDF, 558KB)
6. Studies with the Woodhead sea-bed drifter in the southern North Sea (1965) (PDF, 366KB)
5. Notes escallops and details of the Baird dredge and its handling (1965) (PDF, 413KB)
4. Trawling prospects off west Norway (1963) (PDF, 2.68MB)
3. Yorkshire crab investigations (1963) (PDF, 685KB)
2. Spotlight on the American whelk tingle (1962) (PDF, 271KB)
1. Newfoundland fishing (1962) (PDF, 641KB)