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Overfishing. Causes and consequences

Author
various authors
Journal/Series
The Ecologist | Vol. 25(2/3); 42 - 128; 87 p.
Date
1995
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-054890)
Publisher | Place of publication
Ecosystems Ltd. | Dorset, UK
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, European Union
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Aquaculture Allocation/quota Fishery management and conservation
Abstract

Contents: 1. The politics of overfishing 2. Deforestation of the deep: Fishing and the state of the oceans 3. Chaos, consensus and common sense 4. Commons versus open access: The Canadian experience 5. Closed competition: Fish quotas in New Zealand 6. Britain' s fishing industry and the EU common fisheries policy 7. Resistance to multinationals in Indian waters 8. Prawns, profit and protein: Aquaculture and food production