Martin O'Connor analyses New Zealand fisheries management in Aotearoa in terms of contrasting ethical positions—utilitarian (self-interested, instrumental) rationality, versus an ethic of reciprocal hospitality—so demonstrating how policies can be formulated.
Liza Piper talks about the industrialization of Canada's northwest subarctic region between 1920 and 1960.
In this volume of RCC Perspectives, diverse salmon cultures—from the aquaculture industry and biology, to northern Sami and First Nations—speak about life and work with salmon.
The graphic reproduction shows the icebear hunt in Greenland, several sailing ships and boats from that time, the long-tailed monkey mentioned in the title, and even a whale in the background.
A leader in the study of the ecology and evolution of marine organisms, Jeremy Jackson is known for his deep understanding of geological time.
Between 1875 and 1925, trout expanded beyond their native haunts to inhabit every corner of the globe. London’s Fisheries Exhibition in 1883 was a catalyst that ignited a transnational fish-culture revolution and turned trout into a cosmopolitan species.
Darwin's Nightmare is a story about people in the North and South, about globalization, and about fish.
Wild Earth 12, no. 4, features an interview with Sylvia Earle on 'Our Oceans, Ouselves,' essays on worldwide fishing and consumer conscience, on launching a sea ethic, and the food web complexity in kelp forest ecosystems.
What is the relationship of diversity to difference? This essay approaches the question through an examination of a wild salmon fishery in southwest Alaska and the industry dynamics through which salmon are reconfigured into changing commodities.
This exhibition chapter describes fish resources in St. Petersburg and Vienna and their role in urban life from different perspectives. Fisheries constituted an important part of local economic activities and fishers—both poor professionals and wealthy leisure anglers—were very visible in the cities' crowds, at their markets, and on the banks of their rivers and canals.
