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© Donald Orth, 2023. Fish, Fishing, and Conservation by Donald Orth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. 

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Suggested citation: Orth, Donald (2023). Fish, Fishing, and Conservation. Blacksburg: Virginia Tech Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation. https://doi.org/10.21061/fishandconservation. Licensed with CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

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Orth, Donald J., author
Fish, Fishing, and Conservation / Donald J. Orth
Pages cm
ISBN 978-1-957213-27-9 (PDF)
ISBN 978-1-957213-29-3 (ePub)
ISBN 978-1-957213-31-6 (Pressbooks; https://pressbooks.lib.vt.edu/fishandconservation)
ISBN 978-1-957213-28-6 (Print)
URI (Universal Resource Identifier): http://hdl.handle.net/10919/112741
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/fishandconservation

1. 1. Fishes–Conservation–Textbooks.
   2. Fishery management–Textbooks.
   3. Environmental ethics–Textbooks.

Title Fish, Fishing, and Conservation
SH327.7 2023

Special thanks: This publication was made possible in part by an Open Course Grant from VIVA (the Virtual Library of Virginia) and assistance from the Open Education Initiative of the University Libraries at Virginia Tech.

Cover art: Nora Ligus

Cover design: Kindred Grey