The historical, political and scientific aspects of salmon hatchery programmes designed to
enhance fishery production, or to recover endangered populations, are reviewed. We start …

This book synthesizes existing knowledge of the process of domestication and how captive
breeding and management of wild and domestic animals have affected their behaviour and …

Twenty‐five introduced fish species are established in Spanish fresh waters. Most of the
introductions took place after 1900, with a significant exponential increase during the …

Hatcheries have long produced salmonids for fisheries and mitigation, though their
widespread use is increasingly controversial because of potential impacts to wild salmonids …

The success and implications of hatchery release programmes are intimately tied to the
reproductive capabilities of the hatchery fish in the wild. Moreover, reproductive interactions …

Abstract The Iberian Peninsula contains a highly endemic freshwater ichthyofauna that is
being homogenized and threatened by an increasing number of non-native fishes. Here, in …

The current freshwater fish fauna crisis is such that natural resource managers urgently
need to identify priorities and understand the management consequences of actions aimed …

Over the past 150 years, the waters of the Czech Republic were experimentally stocked or
invaded by a total of 41 alien (non-native) fish species. The following species have become …

Mitochondrial haplotype diversity in 27 populations of brown trout, Salmo trutta L., in Austria
was investigated by sequencing the 5′ end of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control …

Environmental, climate and historical factors are important to explain patterns of freshwater
biodiversity and population dynamics in the Mediterranean area. This region is one of the …