Robert Rice Help Preserve our Aquatic Heritage join the Native Fish Conservancy online at our website http://nativefish.interspeed.net/ --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Konrad Schmidt" <flier at uswest_net> To: "Robert Rice" <robertrice at juno_com> Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 09:23:18 -0500 Subject: NFC email Message-ID: <000901be9ede$7b01dac0$08efb5d1@p-ii-333> RR: I see there are new rules to live by. I don't post too much on the list, but now it's not being accepted. So any of the good stuff, I'll route through you. FISHES OF ALABAMA Imagine a fishing trip that lasts six years, takes you all over Alabama to practically every type of aquatic habitat imaginable and puts you in contact with every fish species found in Alabama. What sounds like a dream to most anglers, was actually a tremendous opportunity for three biologists to identify every fish species in Alabama for a remarkable new book--Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin by Maurice F. "Scott" Mettee, Patrick E. O'Neil and J. Malcolm Pierson. The authors put in untold hours of fieldwork identifying each fish species, photographing it and determining its habitat and exact range in the state. The 820-page book that resulted from this work was a cooperative effort of tine Alabama Game & Fish Division, the Geological Survey of Alabama and tine U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. With over 70 years of combined experience in collecting and identifying Alabama fishes, the authors have put together the most comprehensive and user-friendly book on Alabama fishes ever published. Filled with color photos and complete scientific information, it's perfect for the coffee table, the angler's book nook, the student's library, or the biologist's desk. In an easy-to-read and attractive format, the book contains a two-page spread on each of the more than 300 freshwater and marine fishes found in the state. Each species account has two distribution maps, one or more color photos, and information on physical characteristics, size and angling records, distribution, habitat and life history. In addition to comprehensive information on each fish species in Alabama, you'll find very useful checklists in the book that provide species distribution by county, river system and drainage group. For example, at a glance you can see that Montgomery County has 102 fish species. Baldwin County is tops in the state with 142 total species, including freshwater and saltwater fish, with Lauderdale County number one in terms of strictly freshwater species-138. While working on the book, the authors made a few discoveries of their own. They found that some of the fish species found in Alabama waters have much wider range, than first thought. Extra measures were taken in collecting fish during research for the book. Fish were gathered with net and seine or stunned by electro-shock. After being photographed, all were returned alive. Threatened or endangered species were photographed alive in a transparent tank and returned to their habitat. Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin was published by Birmingham-based Oxmoor House. Oxmoor is also marketing the book. The books $50 price tag is a bargain. Similar books from other states cost more and lack the color and detail of this book With more than 400 photographs, amazingly detailed maps and drawings and valuable information, the book is a wonderful addition to any library and it makes a great gift. The book is available through Oxmoor House, the Alabama Game & Fish Division's Fisheries Section in Montgomery - (334) 242-3471, the Geological Survey in Tuscaloosa (205) 349-2832, and most retail bookstores in the state.
FISHES OF ALABAMA
Imagine a fishing trip that lasts six years, takes you all over Alabama to practically every type of aquatic habitat imaginable and puts you in contact with every fish species found in Alabama. What sounds like a dream to most anglers, was actually a tremendous opportunity for three biologists to identify every fish species in Alabama for a remarkable new book--Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin by Maurice F. "Scott" Mettee, Patrick E. O'Neil and J. Malcolm Pierson. The authors put in untold hours of fieldwork identifying each fish species, photographing it and determining its habitat and exact range in the state. The 820-page book that resulted from this work was a cooperative effort of tine Alabama Game & Fish Division, the Geological Survey of Alabama and tine U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
With over 70 years of combined experience in collecting and identifying Alabama fishes, the authors have put together the most comprehensive and user-friendly book on Alabama fishes ever published. Filled with color photos and complete scientific information, it's perfect for the coffee table, the angler's book nook, the student's library, or the biologist's desk.
In an easy-to-read and attractive format, the book contains a two-page spread on each of the more than 300 freshwater and marine fishes found in the state. Each species account has two distribution maps, one or more color photos, and information on physical characteristics, size and angling records, distribution, habitat and life history. In addition to comprehensive information on each fish species in Alabama, you'll find very useful checklists in the book that provide species distribution by county, river system and drainage group.
For example, at a glance you can see that Montgomery County has 102 fish species. Baldwin County is tops in the state with 142 total species, including freshwater and saltwater fish, with Lauderdale County number one in terms of strictly freshwater species-138.
While working on the book, the authors made a few discoveries of their own. They found that some of the fish species found in Alabama waters have much wider range, than first thought. Extra measures were taken in collecting fish during research for the book. Fish were gathered with net and seine or stunned by electro-shock. After being photographed, all were returned alive. Threatened or endangered species were photographed alive in a transparent tank and returned to their habitat.
Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin was published by Birmingham-based Oxmoor House. Oxmoor is also marketing the book. The books $50 price tag is a bargain. Similar books from other states cost more and lack the color and detail of this book
With more than 400 photographs, amazingly detailed maps and drawings and valuable information, the book is a wonderful addition to any library and it makes a great gift. The book is available through Oxmoor House, the Alabama Game & Fish Division's Fisheries Section in Montgomery - (334) 242-3471, the Geological Survey in Tuscaloosa (205) 349-2832, and most retail bookstores in the state.