Sharing the ocean: Stories of science, politics, and ownership from America's oldest industry
Crocker, M. (2008). Sharing the ocean: Stories of science, politics, and ownership from America's oldest industry. Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance/Tilbury House Publishers: Gardiner. ISBN 978-0-88448-306-9. 134 pp.
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VLIZ: Fisheries General FIG.42 [102681]
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Fisheries
Management > Resource management > Fishery management
Policies > Fishery policy
Socioeconomic aspects
USA, Maine [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
Most popular and scholarly investigations of the New England groundfish management crisis have not produced very complex stories. Environmentalists and scientists are typically portrayed as the protagonists in a relentless struggle against antagonistic fishermen to prevent overexploitation. Instead, this book explores how an ideology shared by officials at the National Marine Fisheries Service and mainstream environmentalists has paradoxically sustained the ecological crisis and led to an unjust distribution of access to the fishery. A major goal of the book is to demonstrate how deeply the fisheries crisis and, indeed, most natural resource dilemmas are influenced by competing social values. Intended for a general audience, this book explores the ecological sustainability of complex biological systems such as marine fisheries, as well as the economic benefits if such resources are shared equitably. Using a collaborative change approach, the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance has worked with fishermen, environmentalists, and policymakers to come up with a shared vision for the future. |
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