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From abundance to scarcity : a history of U.S. marine fisheries policy / Michael L. Weber.

Title
From abundance to scarcity : a history of U.S. marine fisheries policy / Michael L. Weber.
Author
Weber, Michael (Michael L.)
Publication
Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2002.

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Description
xxv, 245 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  • "The management of coastal and ocean fisheries is highly contentious. Industry interests focus on maximizing catches, while conservationists and marine scientists have become increasingly concerned about dramatic declines in fish stocks and the health of ecosystems. Although charged with mediating among those interests, government agencies have themselves been torn between the mutually incompatible goals of exploiting the oceans for maximum economic benefit and conserving marine resources."
  • "From Abundance to Scarcity examines the historical evolution of this conflict within U.S. fisheries policy and institutions from the late nineteenth century to the present day, with an emphasis on changes since World War II. Based on archival research and interviews with dozens of key players in marine policymaking, it traces the thinking, legislation mandates, and people that have shaped the various agencies governing fisheries in the United States."--Jacket.
Subject
  • USA Government
  • USA > Regierung
  • Fishery policy > United States > History
  • Pêches > Politique gouvernementale > Histoire. > États-Unis
  • Fishery policy
  • Fischereipolitik
  • Visserijbeleid
  • Zeevisserij
  • United States
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-231) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Abundance -- The Sciences -- Industry's Partner -- Manufacturing Fish -- International Affairs -- A Revolution in Management -- Scarcity -- Precautionary Science and the ESA -- New Values, New Roles -- Agency Resistance -- Science, Uncertainty, and the Politics of Scarcity -- Reinventing the Revolution.
ISBN
  • 1559637056
  • 9781559637053
  • 1559637064
  • 9781559637060
LCCN
2001006119
OCLC
  • 48163095
  • SCSB-10125360
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library