Shifting Baselines The Past and the Future of Ocean Fisheries
Shifting Baselines explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans of the future. In 1995, acclaimed marine biologist Daniel Pauly coined the term "shifting baselines" to descr
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Shifting Baselines the past and the future of ocean fisheries
edited by
Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Karen E. Alexander, and Enric Sala
Washington | Covelo | London
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Shifting baselines : the past and the future of ocean fisheries / edited by Jeremy B.C. Jackson Karen Alexander, and Enric Sala. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-61091-000-2 (hardback) ISBN-10: 1-61091-000-1 (cloth) ISBN-13: 978-1-61091-001-9 (paper) 1. Fisheries—History. 2. Fishery management. I. Jackson, Jeremy B. C., 1942– II. Alexander, Karen, 1951 III. Sala, Enric. SH211.S45 2011 338.3′727—dc22 2011005032
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Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Keywords: fisheries management, marine ecosystems, biodiversity, historical ecology, maximum sustainable yield, fishing down the food web, anchovy, sardine, cod
We dedicate this book to our friend and colleague Daniel Pauly for his fundamental insight in how problems of shifting baselines shape and distort our lives.
contents
Introduction: The Importance of Shifting Baselines jeremy b. c. jackson and karen e. alexander PART I
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THE PROBLEM DEFINED
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Chapter 1
A Shoreline Remembrance carl safina
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Chapter 2
The “March of Folly” in Global Fisheries u. rashid sumaila and daniel pauly
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Chapter 3
If a Frond Falls in the Kelp Forest (does it make any sound?) randy olson
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PART II ANCHOVIES AND SARDINES
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Chapter 4
The Sardine-Anchovy Puzzle alec d. maccall
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Chapter 5
Variations in Fisheries and Complex Ocean Environments david b. field, francisco chavez, carina b. lange, and paul e. smith
PART III Chapter 6
Chapter 7
COD The Historical Abundance of Cod on the Nova Scotian Shelf w. jeffrey bolster, karen e. alexander, and william b. leavenworth History and Context: Reflections from Newfoundland daniel vickers, with loren mcclenachan
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PART IV METHODS IN HISTORICAL MARINE ECOLOGY
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Chapter 8
Uncovering the Ocean’s Past heike k. lotze, jon m. erlandson, marah j. hardt, richard d. norris, kaustuv roy, tim d. smith, and christine r. whitcraft
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Chapter 9
Whales, Logbooks, and DNA stephen r. palumbi
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PART V FROM FISHERIES MANAGEMENT TO ECOSYSTEMS
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Chapter 10 Management in the Gulf of Maine andrew a. rosenberg, karen e. alexander, and jamie m. cournane
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Chapter 11 Lessons from Coral Reefs enric sala and jeremy b. c. jackson
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Chapter 12 Epilogue: Shifting Baselines for the Future jeremy b. c. jackson and karen e. alexander
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Notes
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Contributors
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Index
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Introduction: The Importance
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