Guide to Northeast Pacific Flatfishes: Families Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, and Pleuronectidae
- Authors: D.E. Kramer, W.H. Barss, B.C. Paust, and B.E. Bracken
- Illustrator: Terry Josey
- Pub. no.: MAB-47
- Year: 2008, Second Edition
- No. pages: 114
- Price: $25.00 US
- ISBN: 978-1-56612-116-3
Description
This guide makes it easy to identify all 40 species of flatfishes in the northeast Pacific. Useful to commercial fishermen and fisheries educators, processors, observers, managers, recreational fishermen, and divers. The second edition adds northern and southern rock sole, and updates names as recommended by the American Fisheries Society. Each fish is illustrated with a line drawing and color photos of eyed and blind sides. Descriptions, value, and range are given, as well as a glossary and references. The book is printed on water-resistant paper to withstand hard wear and wet conditions. Lead author Don Kramer is a seafood technology specialist with Alaska Sea Grant's Marine Advisory Program.
Awards
- First edition won the 1996 Third Place Award in the 4-color technical publications category, National Association of Government Communicators.
