Managed annihilation : an unnatural history of the Newfoundland cod collapse / Dean Bavington ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bavington, Dean, 1973-

Contributor:

Wynn, Graeme.

Series:

Nature, history, society.

Nature, history, society, 1713-6687

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atlantic cod fisheries--Newfoundland and Labrador--Management--History--20th century.

Atlantic cod fisheries.

Fishery management--Newfoundland and Labrador--History--20th century.

Fishery management.

Fishery policy--Newfoundland and Labrador--History--20th century.

Fishery policy.

Atlantic cod fisheries--Closures--Newfoundland and Labrador.

Atlantic cod fisheries--Newfoundland and Labrador--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 186 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The commercial cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador was once the most successful fishery in the world. When it collapsed in 1992 � causing the largest single-day layoff in Canadian history and irrevocable ecological damage � fishermen, scholars, and scientists pointed to failures in management such as uncontrolled harvesting as likely culprits. Examining the history of commercial cod fisheries in the region from the mid-nineteenth century, Managed Annihilation makes the case that the very idea of natural resource management caused the death of the cod. The collapse occurred when the fisheries were ostensibly managed by the state, and the fishery has still not recovered nearly two decades later. Although the collapse raised doubts among policy-makers about their ability to understand, predict, and control nature, their ultimate goal of control through management has not wavered � it has simply been transferred onto new targets.

Contents:

A sea swarming with fish

The introduction and development of cod fisheries management

Success through failure : the expansion of management after the moratorium

Socio-ecological system description of the cod fishery

From managing fish to managing fishermen

Managing cod from egg to plate

Articulating management into cod fisheries

Alternatives to management and managerial ecology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-33547-6

9786613335470

0-7748-1749-6

OCLC:

750228294