Mismanagement of Marine Fisheries
$190.51
- Paperback
334 pages
- Release Date
22 April 2010
Summary
The Tragedy of the Common(s): Mismanagement of Marine Fisheries
Longhurst delves into the heart of fisheries science, questioning the widely held belief that fishing inherently creates a sustainable resource through compensatory fish growth. While his analysis of bony fish reproductive ecology in cooler waters offers some validation, a comprehensive review of historical and contemporary fisheries reveals a persistent failure to achieve sustainability.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521721509 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0521721504 |
| Author: | Alan Longhurst |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 334 |
| Release Date: | 22 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 152mm x 16mm |
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Critics Review
‘A highly readable and insightful analysis of prominent failures in world fisheries management from an eminent marine scientist.’ Peter Koeller, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
About The Author
Alan Longhurst
Alan Longhurst began his career in fisheries science, but is best known as a biological oceanographer, being the first Director of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center of the US NMFS in La Jolla, California, and later the Director-General of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Nova Scotia, Canada. He produced the first estimate of global plant production in the oceans using satellite imagery, and also quantified vertical carbon flux through the planktonic ecosystem. More recently, in reaction to disastrous Canadian management of NW Atlantic cod stocks, he has offered a number of critical reviews of several aspects of fishery management science. He retired in 1995 and now divides his time between south-west France and Nova Scotia.
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