Shifting Baselines: The Past and the Future of Ocean Fisheries
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ISBN-13: | 9781610910002 |
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Publisher: | Island Press |
Publication date: | 08/29/2011 |
Edition description: | 1 |
Pages: | 312 |
Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Karen Alexander is a historian who is currently Project Coordinator of the Gulf of Maine Cod Project.
Dr. Daniel Pauly is a French citizen who completed his high school and university studies in Germany; his doctorate (1979) and habilitation (1985) are in Fisheries Biology, from the University of Kiel. After many years at the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), in Manila, Philippines, Pauly became in 1994 Professor at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (formerly Fisheries Centre) of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, of which he was the Director for five years (Nov. ’03-Oct. ’08). Since 1999, he is also Principal Investigator of the Sea Around Us research initiative (see www.seaaroundus.org), funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, and devoted to studying, documenting, and promoting policies to mitigate the impact of fisheries on the world’s marine ecosystems. Pauly has supervised a large number of Master and PhD students in the Philippines, Germany, and British Columbia. The concepts, methods, and software which Pauly (co-)developed, documented in over 500 scientific and general-interest publications, are used throughout the world, not least as a result of his teaching a multitude of courses, and supervising students in four languages on five continents. This applies especially to the Ecopath modeling approach and software (www.ecopath.org) and FishBase, the online encyclopedia of fishes (www.fishbase.org), the latter recently complemented by SeaLifeBase (www.sealifebase.org). This work is recognized in various profiles, notably Science (Apr. ’02); Nature (Jan. ’03); New York Times (Jan. ’03), in developing countries, and by numerous awards, among them honorary doctorates from four universities, being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Science; ‘03); and receiving the Award of Excellence of the American Fisheries Society (‘04); the International Cosmos Prize, Japan (‘05), the Volvo Environmental Prize, Sweden (‘06), the Excellence in Ecology Prize, Germany (‘07), and the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology, Spain (‘08). Pauly has authored or co-authored over 500 scientific articles, book chapters, and shorter contributions, and authored, or (co-)edited about 30 books and reports. His books include Five Easy Pieces: The Impact of Fisheries on Marine Ecosystems, and with coauthor with Jay Maclean, In a Perfect Ocean: The State Of Fisheries And Ecosystems In The North Atlantic Ocean.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Importance of Shifting Baselines Jeremy B. C. Jackson Karen E. Alexander 1
Part I The Problem Defined 9
Chapter 1 A Shoreline Remembrance Carl Safina 13
Chapter 2 The "March of Folly" in Global Fisheries U. Rashid Sumaila Daniel Pauly 21
Chapter 3 If a Frond Falls in the Kelp Forest (does it make any sound?) Randy Olson 33
Part II Anchovies and Sardines 43
Chapter 4 The Sardine-Anchovy Puzzle Alec D. Maccall 47
Chapter 5 Variations in Fisheries and Complex Ocean Environments David B. Field Francisco Chavez Carina B. Lange Paul E. Smith 59
Part III Cod 77
Chapter 6 The Historical Abundance of Cod on the Nova Scotian Shelf W. Jeffrey Bolster Karen E. Alexander William B. Leavenworth 79
Chapter 7 History and Context: Reflections from Newfoundland Daniel Vickers Loren Mcclenachan 115
Part IV Methods in Historical Marine Ecology 135
Chapter 8 Uncovering the Ocean's Past Heike K. Lotze Jon M. Erlandson Marah J. Hardt Richard D. Norris Kaustuv Roy Tim D. Smith Christine R. Whitcraet 137
Chapter 9 Whales, Logbooks, and DNA Stephen R. Palumbi 163
Part V From Fisheries Management to Ecosystems 175
Chapter 10 Management in the Gulf of Maine Andrew A. Rosenberg Karen E. Alexander Jamie M. Cournane 177
Chapter 11 Lessons from Coral Reefs Enric Sala Jeremy B.C. Jackson 193
Epilogue: Shifting Baselines for the Future Jeremy B. C. Jackson Karen E. Alexander 205
Notes 207
Contributors 275
Index 283