Second hand books on Marine Life & Fishing for sale listed in alphabetical order by title.
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A Salute To The Humble Yabby -by- Peter Olszewski (1980). ISBN 0207140936.
Australian Marine Life. Crayfish. The author explores the myths and legends, the facts and fantasies that exist about
the yabby, a valuable food source with a place in the ecological cycle. Used second hand large format paperback book.
150 pages. (Angus & Robertson Publishers, London, 1980) Covers are marked & lightly worn. Corners bumped. Foxing on edges of pages. Else very good. Weight 600 grams.
Product Id: AQ27419
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Australian Sea Fishes North Of 30 Degrees -by- Neville Coleman (1981). ISBN 0868240338.
Australian Marine Life. Fish Identification. Almost 300 full colour photographs of live fish in their natural
habitat, accompanied by details of family, common & scientific names, original author & date, habitat reference,
distribution data, depth range, adult size, food habit, use & occurrence, and information on special characteristics.
Used second hand hardback book in dust jacket. 298 pages. (Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd, Lane Cove, 1981) Light wear
to edges of dust jacket. Spine sunned, with a tear at top now closed. Wear to lower edge of boards. Marks on edges of pages. Else very good. Weight 1.4 kg.
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Australian Yabby Farmer -by- John Mosig (1995). ISBN 0730664481. Australian Marine Life. Farming Yabbies. Here is basic information on the yabby, its habits, health and nutrition
requirements, various pond management options and production systems, the equipment necessary, the harvesting and
marketing of the yabby, and the farming of those handsome yabby relatives, the redclaw and the marron;
also a guide to capital and operating costs. Used second hand softcover book. 219 pages. (Agmedia/Daratech Pty Ltd,
East Melbourne, 1995) Corners of covers bumped. Light foxing on edges of pages. Else very good. Weight 600 grams.
Product Id: AQ28557
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Geoff Wilson's Encyclopedia Of Fishing Knots And Rigs -by- Geoff Wilson (2008). ISBN 9781865131603.
Author Geoff Wilson takes anglers through the precise methods and processes needed to tie the sometimes difficult
knots that modern fishing lines and tactics require; there are chapters dealing with knots for terminal tackle, loops,
super lines, leaders, dacron, doubles, float fishing, fly fishing and even commercial knots; detailed sections on the best
rigs for saltwater fishing, freshwater fishing, game fishing and sportfishing. Used second hand softcover book.
88 pages. (Australian Fishing Network, Melbourne, 2008) In AS NEW condition.
Product Id: AQ27428
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Great Australian Fishing Stories -by- Paul B Kidd (2003). ISBN 0733313094. Fishing Anecdotes.
Come with Paul B Kidd on his adventures - some true, some doubtful and others entirely suspect - as he and his
colourful collection of cronies tackle tuna, connive with crocs, are mauled by marlin, bamboozled by barramundi,
and tantalised by trout. Used second hand paperback book. 218 pages. (ABC Books, Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, Sydney, 2003) Light creasing to cover, else very good condition. Weight 400 grams.
Product Id: AQ27495
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Humpback Whales Of Australia A Catalogue of Individual Whales Identified by Fluke Photographs -by-
Gregory Kaufman, Barbara Lagerquist, Paul Forestell & Michael Osmond (1993). ISBN 0724253548. Humpback Whale
Identification; contains over 20 photographs of individual whale marks with identifying number of each individual;
also covers migratory characteristics of Australian humpback whales determined by fluke photo-identification and analysis of resight histories based
on photo-identification. Used second hand large paperback book. Unpaginated. (Queensland Department of Environment and
Heritage, 1993) Spine sunned. Marks on covers. Inked shale stamp on edge of a few pages, else pages are very good. Weight 1kg.
Product Id: AQ28330
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Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia Part I -edited by- S A Shepherd and I M Thomas. (1982)
Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Chapters are: The Marine Environment (Thomas and
Shepherd); Food Webs (King and Shepherd); Sponges (Phylum Porifera) (Berquist and Skinner); Cnidaria (or
Coelenterata) (Southcott and Thomas); Hyroids (Class Hydrozoa) (Watson); Jellyfishes (Classes Scyphozoa
and Hydrozoa) (Southcott); Class Anthozoa (Thomas and Shepherd); Sea anemones (Orders Actiniaria,
Zoanthidea and Corallimorpharia) (Thomas and Shepherd); Stony Corals (Order Scleractinia or Madreporaria)
(Shepherd and Veron); Octocorals (Subclass Octocorallia) (Grasshoff and Verseveldt); Soft corals or
Alcyonarians (Orders Stolonifera, Telestacea and Alcyonacea) (Verseveldt); Pseudogorgian (Order
Gastraxonacea) (Grasshoff); Gorgonians or sea fans (Order Gorgonacea) (Grasshoff); Seapens (Order
Pennatulacea) (Utinomi and Shepherd); Polyclad flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes) (Prudhoe); Bristleworms
(Phylum Annelida) (Hutchings); Sipunculans (Phylum Sipuncula) (Edmonds); Echiurans (Phylum Echiura)
(Edmonds); Bryozoans (Phylum Bryozoa or Ectoprocta) (Bock); Echinoderms (Phylum Echinodermata) (Thomas);
Feather-stars (Class Crinoidea) (Shepherd, Marshall and Rowe); Sea-stars (Class Asteroidea) (Zeidler and
Shepherd); Brittle-stars (Class Ophiuroidea) (Baker); Sea urchins (Class Echinoidea) (Baker); Sea
cucumbers (Class Holothurioidea) (Rowe). (Issued by the Handbooks Committee on behalf of the
South Australian Government and published by favour of the honourable the Premier D O Tonkin, M.P. 1st
February 1982) No ISBN. Used book. Softcover book. 491 pages. Covers worn on edges and corners. Foxing on
edges of pages. Else very good.
Product Id: AQ18521
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Micronesian Reef Fishes A Practical Guide to the Identification of the Coral Reef Fishes of the
Tropical Central and Western Pacific -by- Robert F Myers. 2nd Edition 1991. ISBN 0962156426. Used second hand
softcover book. 298 pages. Illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs. (Coral Graphics, Guam, 2nd Ed, 1991) Very good condition. Weight 1 kg.
Product Id: AQ28230
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Sea Fishes Of Southern Australia Complete Field Guide For Anglers And Divers NSW Vic Tas SA and South-West WA -by-
Barry Hutchins & Roger Swainston (1986). ISBN 1862526613. Covers over 700 fish species with 1000 colour illustrations, dangerous fishes
and first aid, fish deformities and parasites, fish preservation and photography, Australian record sizes, and edibility. Used second hand
softcover book. 180 pages. (Swainston Publishing, Perth, 1986 1999) Light wear to covers, else in fine condition. Weight 400 grams.
Product Id: AQ28175
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Sea Snakes -by- Harold Heatwole (Australian Natural History Series). UNSW 1999. ISBN 0868407763. Marine Biology.
This book describes the varieties and distributions of sea snakes, how they go about their daily lives underwater, what they eat and
what eats them, and how they reproduce and grow; it also discusses how sea snakes cope with excess salt and scarcity of fresh water,
and how they adjust to living at depth and enduring long periods without breathing; the nature of their venom and how it functions
in subduing large, active prey is also explained. Illustrated with tables, diagrams, black and white and colour photographs. Used
softcover book. 148 pages. (University of New South Wales Press Ltd. Sydney. 1999) Written gift inscription with a number on half
title page. Corners of cover are bumped. Else very good. Weight 550 grams.
Product Id: AQ25652
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Sea Stars: Echinoderms Of The Asia/Indo Pacific: Identification Biodiversity Zoology -by- Neville Coleman
(2007). ISBN 0947325409. The first comprehensive identification guide to the Echinoderms of the Asian and Indo Pacific regions;
fully indexed; over 1250 full colour photographs; family names, common names, scientific names; covers sea stars, brittle stars,
feather stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, tropical and and temperate species. Used softcover book with card covers. 136 pages.
(Neville Coleman, Springwood Qld, 2007) Remains of a label on first page, else in fine condition.
Product Id: AQ29389
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Sharks And Rays -by- Timothy V Tricas, Kevin Deacon, Peter Last, John E McCosker, Terence I Walker, Leighton Taylor -consultant editor-
Leighton Taylor. ISBN 0864490941.
Marine Biology. A field guide to the sharks and rays with information on their intelligence; highly developed senses; their biology,
behviour and ecology; also covers the problem of their exploitation and details measures taken to conserve these unique creatures.
Illustrated in full colour. Used hardcover book. No dust jacket as issued. 288 pages. (Reader's Digest. Sydney. 1997) In AS NEW condition.
Weight 1.1 kilograms.
Product Id: AQ15646
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Shells of New Guinea and The Central Indo-Pacific -by- Alan Hinton (1972). (published jointly by Robert Brown & Associates
Pty Ltd. Port Moresby -and- The Jacaranda Press. Milton, Qld. 1972) No ISBN. Used book. Hardcover book in dust jacket. 84 pages.
Dust jacket bumped on edges and chipped at both ends of spine. Foxing on dust jacket, first and last few pages and edges of pages. Else very good.
Product Id: AQ21223
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Success With Cichlids From Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika Keeping and Breeding African Cichlids -by- Sabine Melke.
ISBN 0866224890. 1993 English Edition. Translated -by- U Erich Friese. Every topic of importance relating to the world of
the fascinating and colourful fishes from Africa's Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika: setting up aquaria; water quality maintenance;
food requirements; history and description of the lakes themselves; breeding requirements; diseases and parasites. Illustrated
with over 150 full colour photographs and drawings. Used hardcover book. No dust jacket as issued. 192 pages. (T.F.H. Publications Inc. 1993)
Corners of covers bumped. Else in fine condition. Weight 820 grams.
Product Id: AQ22889
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The Complete Divers' & Fishermen's Guide To Coastal Fishes Of South-Eastern Australia (2000)
-by- Rudie H Kuiter. ISBN 1875169857. Australian Fishes. Australia's south-east coast stretches from the Coral Sea
off Queensland to Tasmania's east coast and includes the New Zealand area; the range of fish species gradually changes
from tropical in the north to temperate in the south, and often fluctuates with habitats varying greatly. Outline drawings
illustrate typical members of most of the fish families included in this book; every fish is photographed in colour with
accompanying information. Used paperback book in clear plastic sleeve. 440 pages. (Gary Allen Pty Ltd, Smithfield N.S.W.
2000) In very good condition. A very heavy book: weight is 1.8 kilograms.
Product Id: AQ26970
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The Crustaceans of South Australia Parts I and II 1927-1929 -by- Herbert Hale. Handbook of the
Flora and Fauna of South Australia. (Issued by the Handbooks Committee on behalf of the South Australian
Government and published by favour of the Honorable the Premier D A Dunstan, Q.C., M.P. Adelaide. 1976) Used
paperback book. 380 pages. Covers are sunned. Foxing on edges of pages. Else very good.
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The Fresh and Salt Water Fishes of The World -by- Edward Migdalski & George Fichter (1976).
More than 500 full-colour illustrations and 186 drawings -by- Norman Weaver. (A Borzoi Book. Alfred A Knopf Inc.
New York. 1976) ISBN 0394492390. Used hardcover book in dust jacket. 316 pages. Dust jacket is worn on
upper edge with small chips and tears. Light foxing on endpapers and edges of pages. Else very good. Weight 2 kilograms.
Product Id: AQ18499
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Whales Dolphins and Porpoises The Visual Guide to All The World's Cetaceans -by- Mark Carwardine (1995).
ISBN 0732250668. Collins Eyewitness Handbooks. Illustrated -by- Martin Camm. A Dorling Kindersley Book.
Superb annotated illustrations or photographs accompanied by concise informative descriptions of the world's
cetaceans. Used softcover book. Card covers. 256 pages. (HarperCollins Publishers. Pymble, NSW. 1995) Remains of a
sticker on reverse of front free endpaper. Small tear to outer edge of front free endpaper. A few marks on upper
edge of pages. Some creases in the covers. Else in very good condition. Weight 600 grams.
Product Id: AQ22753
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What Fish Is That? Australian Marine and Freshwater Fish in Living Colour -by- Lance Wedlick
(revised ed October 1980). ISBN 0909853866. An illustrated guide to identifying Australian fishes. Used softcover book.
Card covers. 136 pages. (Wedneil Productions, Newport Victoria, revised edition Oct 1980) Spine and front cover sunned, else in very good condition.
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