Shifting Baselines The Past and the Future of Ocean Fisheries

Shifting Baselines The Past and the Future of Ocean Fisheries / edited by Jeremy B.C. Jackson, Karen E. Alexander, Enric Sala.

Shifting Baselines explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans of the future. In 1995, acclaimed marine biologist Daniel Pauly coined the term "shifting baselines" to describe a phenomenon of lowered expecta...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Jackson, Jeremy B.C (Editor), Alexander, Karen E. (Editor), Sala, Enric (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Marine sciences.
Freshwater.
Aquatic ecology .
Ecosystems.
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.
Wildlife.
Fish.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Importance of Shifting Baselines
  • PART I. THE PROBLEM DEFINED. 1. A Shoreline Remembrance
  • 2. The “March of Folly” in Global Fisheries
  • 3. If a Frond Falls in the Kelp Forest (does it make any sound?)
  • PART II. ANCHOVIES AND SARDINES. 4. The Sardine-Anchovy Puzzle
  • 5. Variations in Fisheries and Complex Ocean Environments
  • PART III. COD. 6. The Historical Abundance of Cod on the Nova Scotian Shelf
  • 7. History and Context: Reflections from Newfoundland
  • PART IV. METHODS IN HISTORICAL MARINE ECOLOGY. 8. Uncovering the Ocean’s Past
  • 9. Whales, Logbooks, and DNA
  • PART V. FROM FISHERIES MANAGEMENT TO ECOSYSTEMS. 10. Management in the Gulf of Maine
  • 11. Lessons from Coral Reefs
  • Epilogue: Shifting Baselines for the Future
  • Notes
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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