A Fishery for Modern Times

A Fishery for Modern Times
Author: Miriam Wright
Publsiher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2001-12-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781442656222

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In the early 1990s, the northern cod populations off the coast of Newfoundland had become so depleted that the federal government placed a moratorium on commercial fishing. The impact was devastating, both for Newfoundland's economy and for local fishing communities. Today, although this natural resource – exploited commercially for over 500 years – appears to be returning in diminished numbers, many fisheries scientists and fishers question whether the cod will ever return to its former abundance. In A Fishery for Modern Times, Miriam Wright argues that the recent troubles in the fishery can be more fully understood by examining the rise of the industrial fishery in the mid-twentieth century. The introduction of new harvesting technologies and the emergence of 'quick freezing', in the late 1930s, eventually supplanted household production by Newfoundland's fishing families. While the new technologies increased the amount of fish caught in the northwest Atlantic, Wright argues that the state played a critical role in fostering and financing the industrial frozen fish sector. Many bureaucrats and politicians, including Newfoundland's premier, Joseph Smallwood, believed that making the Newfoundland fishery 'modern', with centralization, technology, and expertise, would transform rural society, solving deep-seated economic and social problems. A Fishery for Modern Times examines the ways in which the state, ideologies of development, and political, economic, and social factors, along with political actors and fishing company owners, contributed to the expansion of the industrial fishery from the 1930s through the 1960s. While the promised prosperity never fully materialized, the continuing reliance on approaches favouring high-tech, big capital solutions put increasing pressure on cod populations in the years that followed. As Wright concludes, 'We can no longer afford to view the fisheries resources as "property" of the state and industry, to do with it as they choose. That path had led only to devastation of the resource, economic instability, and great social upheaval.'

A Fishery for Modern Times

A Fishery for Modern Times
Author: Miriam Carol Wright
Publsiher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0195416201

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A Fishery for Modern Times examines the ways in which the state, ideologies of development, and political, economic, and social factors, along with political actors and fishing company owners, contributed to the expansion of the industrial fishery from the 1930s through the 1960s.

5 Easy Pieces

5 Easy Pieces
Author: Daniel Pauly
Publsiher: Island Press
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2010-07-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781597269681

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5 Easy Pieces features five contributions, originally published in Nature and Science, demonstrating the massive impacts of modern industrial fisheries on marine ecosystems. Initially published over an eight-year period, from 1995 to 2003, these articles illustrate a transition in scientific thought—from the initially-contested realization that the crisis of fisheries and their underlying ocean ecosystems was, in fact, global to its broad acceptance by mainstream scientific and public opinion. Daniel Pauly, a well-known fisheries expert who was a co-author of all five articles, presents each original article here and surrounds it with a rich array of contemporary comments, many of which led Pauly and his colleagues to further study. In addition, Pauly documents how popular media reported on the articles and their findings. By doing so, he demonstrates how science evolves. In one chapter, for example, the popular media pick up a contribution and use Pauly’s conclusions to contextualize current political disputes; in another, what might be seen as nitpicking by fellow scientists leads Pauly and his colleagues to strengthen their case that commercial fishing is endangering the global marine ecosystem. This structure also allows readers to see how scientists’ interactions with the popular media can shape the reception of their own, sometimes controversial, scientific studies. In an epilog, Pauly reflects on the ways that scientific consensus emerges from discussions both within and outside the scientific community.

The Growth of English Industry and Commerce

The Growth of English Industry and Commerce
Author: William Cunningham
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 798
Release: 1892
Genre: Free enterprise
ISBN: HARVARD:32044010518462

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The Growth of English Industry and Commerce in Modern Times

The Growth of English Industry and Commerce in Modern Times
Author: William Cunningham
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 800
Release: 1892
Genre: Free enterprise
ISBN: UOM:39015031437281

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The End of the Line

The End of the Line
Author: Charles Clover
Publsiher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2008
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0520255054

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Ninety percent of the large fish in the world's oceans have disappeared in the past half century, causing the collapse of fisheries along with numerous fish species. In this hard-hitting, provocative expos�, Charles Clover reveals the dark underbelly and hidden costs of putting food on the table at home and in restaurants. From the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo to a seafood restaurant on the North Sea and a trawler off the coast of Spain, Clover pursues the sobering truth about the plight of fish. Along with the ecological impact wrought by industrial fishing, he reports on the implications for our diet, particularly our need for omega-3 fatty acids. This intelligent, readable, and balanced account serves as a timely warning to the general public as well as to scientists, regulators, legislators--and all fishing enthusiasts.

The Growth of English Industry and Commerce Modern times pt I Mercantile system pt II Laissez faire

The Growth of English Industry and Commerce  Modern times  pt  I  Mercantile system  pt  II  Laissez faire
Author: William Cunningham
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 804
Release: 1892
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: UCAL:$B98176

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A History of Fishing

A History of Fishing
Author: Dietrich Sahrhage,Johannes Lundbeck
Publsiher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783642774119

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Described here are the origin and general trends in the development of fishing from the earliest times up to the present in various parts of the world. The techniques applied and the economic and social problems involved are covered. Fishing methods have not changed much since the Stone Age, but continuous technical improvements like the construction of sea-worthy ships, more efficient gear, and finally mechanization of fishing have led to enormous development and a high fish production, of now 100 million tons per year. Extensive utilization has caused heavy overexploitation of the resources and consequently growing concern. The book concludes with an evaluation of perspectives for the future utilization of living resources.