Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- List of contributors -- Series Foreword -- References -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgement -- Chapter 1: European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean -- 1.1 Distribution -- 1.2 Physical environment and hydrography -- 1.3 Life history -- 1.4 Population dynamics -- 1.5 Ecosystem considerations -- 1.6 Fishery -- 1.7 Assessment -- 1.8 Management -- 1.9 Markets -- 1.10 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 2: Fisheries, ecology and markets of South African hake -- 2.1 Hydrography and physical environment -- 2.2 Species, distribution and stock structure -- 2.3 Biology and life history -- 2.4 The fishery -- 2.5 Markets and economics -- 2.6 Developments in assessment and management -- 2.7 Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3: Biology and fisheries of the shallow-water hake (Merluccius capensis) and the deep-water hake (Merluccius paradoxus) in Namibia -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Biology and life history -- 3.3 Fisheries -- 3.4 Advances in ecosystem based-approach to fisheries management (EAF) -- 3.5 Discussion -- 3.6 Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4: Southern hake (Merluccius australis) in New Zealand: biology, fisheries and stock assessment -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Biology -- 4.3 Fisheries -- 4.4 Discussion -- 4.5 Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5: The biology, fishery and market of Chilean hake (Merluccius gayi gayi) in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The fishery -- 5.3 Ecological interactions -- 5.4 Habitat conditions -- 5.5 Products and markets -- 5.6 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 6: Biology and fishery of common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) and southern hake (Merluccius australis) around the Falkland/Malvinas Islands on the Patagonian Shelf of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean.

6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Species taxonomy and stock distribution -- 6.3 Biology and life history -- 6.4 Fisheries -- 6.5 Products and markets -- 6.6 Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7: The biology and fishery of hake (Merluccius hubbsi) in the Argentinean-Uruguayan Common Fishing Zone of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean -- 7.1 Background -- 7.2 Life history and ecological role -- 7.3 Distribution, population structure and migration patterns -- 7.4 Stock assessment and management -- References -- Chapter 8: Biology and fisheries of hake (Merluccius hubbsi) in Brazilian waters, Southwest Atlantic Ocean -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Biology and life history -- 8.3 Brief description of the fishery and indicators -- 8.4 Assessment and management -- 8.5 Products and markets -- 8.6 Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9: Biology, fisheries, assessment and management of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Stocks -- 9.3 Biology, life history and ecology -- 9.4 Fisheries -- 9.5 Monitoring -- 9.6 Assessment and management strategy evaluation -- 9.7 Products and markets -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 10: Biology and fisheries of New Zealand hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The commercial hoki fishery in New Zealand -- 10.3 Fishery indicators -- 10.4 Stock assessment and management -- 10.5 Ecological sustainability and fishery interactions with the environment -- 10.6 Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 11: Biology, fishery and products of Chilean hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae magellanicus) -- 11.1 Life history, taxonomy and distribution -- 11.2 Fishery -- 11.3 Stock assessment and management of hoki -- 11.4 Products and exports -- 11.5 Discussion -- References.

Chapter 12: An overview of hake and hoki fisheries: analysis of biological, fishery and economic indicators -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Biological indicators -- 12.3 Fishery indicators -- 12.4 Economic indicators -- 12.5 Discussion -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.