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

Since the industrialization of fishing, fisheries scientists have been subject to intense economic and political pressures, which have affected the way the science has developed. The origins and effects of these pressures are traced in this 1994 book to concerns about determining the causes of fluctuations in fish and whale catches, and to resistance to regulation of fishing activity when populations are depleted. The development of partial theories of fish population dynamics are described using examples of both national and international fisheries. The causes of the difficulties encountered in generalizing these theories are examined, setting the stage for the limitation of scope of these studies that still influences the form and extent of fisheries research today. This is a fascinating resource for all those interested in fisheries science and the way it has developed in the last 150 years.

Sommario

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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tim D Smith, Tim D. Smith, Smith Tim D.
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.07.1994
• EAN: 9780521390323
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39032-3
• Dimensioni: 170 mm x 244 mm x 24 mm
• Peso: 850 g
• Illustrazioni: 75 b/w illus. 4 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster, nicht spezifiziert, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Palaeogra; Cambridge Studies in Applied Ecology and Resource Management
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Natura; Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Agricoltura, giardinaggio; silvicoltura, pesca, alimentazione; 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