Fisheries management requires accurate data on fish growth rates, and this book presents the latest techniques for obtaining it. Morales-Nin explains how to use otolith microstructure to determine age and growth patterns of bony fish species, offering detailed examples from a variety of fish types. This book is an invaluable resource for fisheries biologists, as well as anyone interested in the science of fish growth. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.