Scaling Fisheries - The Science of Measuring the Effects of Fishing, 1855–1955

In this 1994 book, Tim Smith examines the economic and political pressures which have affected fisheries science.

List of contents

Frontispiece; Acknowledgements; Units used in the text; Part I. Introduction: 1. Fluctuations, the very essence of ecosystems; Part II. Developing Methods, 1855-1940: 2. Research approaches, 1855-90; 3. Measuring the effect of fishing, 1890-1900; 4. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, 1900-20; 5. Predicting fluctuations, 1920-30; 6. A priori methods, 1930-40; Part III. Three Partial Theories, 1940-55: 7. Middling in size; 8. How many parents are enough?; 9. Steady state yield; 10. Integration: self-regenerating populations and the bionomic ecosystem; Notes; References; Index of people; Subject index.

About the author

TIM D. SMITH is a licensed minister of the gospel and a retired fisheries biologist who has worked with several national and international Christian and scientific organizations. He has taught at the University of Hawaii and conducted scientific research at U. S. NOAA Fisheries laboratories, and currently ministers at Bethel Church in Redding, California. He is especially interested in the history of commercial fishing (especially whaling) and in the ways science and Christianity can interact to reveal God's creation.

Summary

In this 1994 book, Tim Smith examines the economic and political pressures which have affected fisheries science, and the problems that still face it. This is a fascinating resource for all those interested in the way fisheries science has developed in the last 150 years.

Product details

• Authors: Tim D Smith, Tim D. Smith, Smith Tim D.
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.1994
• EAN: 9780521390323
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39032-3
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 850 g
• Illustrations: 75 b/w illus. 4 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster, nicht spezifiziert, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Palaeogra; Cambridge Studies in Applied Ecology and Resource Management
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fisheries & Aquaculture, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Fishes (Ichthyology), Zoology: fishes (ichthyology), Fisheries and related industries