Les poissons du Golfe de Gascogne

This is a guide to the fishes of the Bay of Biscay, an important fishing area for French and Spanish ports on the Atlantic seaboard. It offers a precise and documented overview along with detailed maps of the families and species of fishes in the Bay of Biscay: distribution according to abundance, catch weight and numbers, spring and autumn densities, relative richness according to area. This work is a unique source of information, a long felt need, and constitutes a baseline reference for potential future changes caused by climate change or human activities.