From Abundance to Scarcity: A History of U. S. Marine Fisheries Policy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weber, Michael L, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishery policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] 3Island Press 2013

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text examines the evolution of US fisheries policy and institutions from the late 19th to the 21st centuries. Based on archival research and interviews with key players, it traces the thinking, mandates, and people that have shaped the various agencies governing US marine policy.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Abundance

Chapter 1. The Sciences

Chapter 2. Industry's Partner

Chapter 3. Manufacturing Fish

Chapter 4. International Affairs

Chapter 5. A Revolution in Management

Part II: Scarcity

Chapter 6 Precautionary Science and the ESA

Chapter 7. New Values, New Roles

Chapter 8. Agency Resistance

Chapter 9. Science, Uncertainty, and the Politics of Scarcity

Chapter 10. Reinventing the Revolution

Conclusion

Sources

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9781610912709

1610912705

OCLC:

1245673780