Managed Annihilation
An Unnatural History of the Newfoundland Cod Collapse
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2010
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-1747-9 (ISBN)
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-1747-9 (ISBN)
By examining one of the largest natural resource management failures of the twentieth century – the collapse of the Newfoundland cod fishery – this book seeks to understand the history of, and possible alternatives to, managerial responses to environmental issues.
The commercial cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador was once the most successful fishery in the world. When it collapsed in 1992 – causing the largest single-day layoff in Canadian history and irrevocable ecological damage – fishermen, scholars, and scientists pointed to failures in management such as uncontrolled harvesting as likely culprits.
Examining the history of commercial cod fisheries in the region from the mid-nineteenth century, Managed Annihilation makes the case that the very idea of natural resource management caused the death of the cod. The collapse occurred when the fisheries were ostensibly managed by the state, and the fishery has still not recovered nearly two decades later. Although the collapse raised doubts among policy-makers about their ability to understand, predict, and control nature, their ultimate goal of control through management has not wavered – it has simply been transferred onto new targets.
The commercial cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador was once the most successful fishery in the world. When it collapsed in 1992 – causing the largest single-day layoff in Canadian history and irrevocable ecological damage – fishermen, scholars, and scientists pointed to failures in management such as uncontrolled harvesting as likely culprits.
Examining the history of commercial cod fisheries in the region from the mid-nineteenth century, Managed Annihilation makes the case that the very idea of natural resource management caused the death of the cod. The collapse occurred when the fisheries were ostensibly managed by the state, and the fishery has still not recovered nearly two decades later. Although the collapse raised doubts among policy-makers about their ability to understand, predict, and control nature, their ultimate goal of control through management has not wavered – it has simply been transferred onto new targets.
Dean L.Y. Bavington is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Foreword: This Is More Difficult Than We Thought / Graeme Wynn
Preface
1 A Sea Swarming with Fish
2 The Birth and Development of Cod Fisheries Management
3 Success through Failure: The Expansion of Management after the Moratorium
4 Socio-Ecological System Description of the Cod Fishery
5 From Managing Fish to Managing Fishermen
6 Managing Cod from Egg to Plate
7 Articulating Management into Cod Fisheries
8 Alternatives to Management and Managerial Ecology
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Reihe/Serie | Nature |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 6 b&w figures, 2 maps, 6 tables |
| Verlagsort | Vancouver |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 440 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie | |
| Technik ► Bergbau | |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7748-1747-X / 077481747X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7748-1747-9 / 9780774817479 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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