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The aquatic frontier : oysters and aquaculture in the progressive era / Samuel P. Hanes.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hanes, Samuel P., author.
Series:
Environmental history of the Northeast.
Environmental history of the Northeast
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Oyster culture--United States--Environmental conditions--19th century.
Oyster culture.
Oyster culture--United States--Environmental conditions--20th century.
Oyster culture--Law and legislation--United States--History--19th century.
Oyster culture--Law and legislation--United States--History--20th century.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 230 pages).
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Summary:
Although few remember their former significance, oysters were one of the largest U.S.fisheries at their peak in the late nineteenth century.As the fishery industrialized on-and offshore, oyster farms and canning factories spread along the Eastern Seaboard, with overharvesting becoming increasingly common.
Contents:
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Inshore Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Complexity in Environmental History
Chapter 1. Oyster Management before 1880
Chapter 2. Oyster Law Enforcement
Chapter 3. Shellfish Commissions
Chapter 4. Natural Science
Chapter 5. Mapping Natural Beds
Chapter 6. Mapping Planters' Property
Conclusion: The Challenge of Complexity
Notes
Index
About the Author
Back Cover.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-61376-660-2
OCLC:
1061866738

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