Managed Annihilation: An Unnatural History of the Newfoundland Cod Collapse Contributor(s): Bavington, Dean (Author) |
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ISBN: 077481747X ISBN-13: 9780774817479 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Oceans & Seas - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
Dewey: 333.956 |
LCCN: 2010281521 |
Series: Nature, History, Society |
Physical Information: 224 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Newfoundland and Labrador cod fishery was once the most successful commercial fishery in the world. When it collapsed in 1992, many pointed to failures in management, such as uncontrolled harvesting, as likely culprits. Managed Annihilation makes the case that the idea of natural resource management itself was the problem. The collapse occurred when the fisheries were state-managed and still, two decades later, there is no recovery in sight. Although the collapse raised doubts among policy-makers about their ability to understand and control nature, their ultimate goal of control through management has not wavered and has been transferred from wild fish to fishermen and farmed cod. |