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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 describe a phenomenon of lowered expecta...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jackson, Jeremy B.C. (Editor), Alexander, Karen E. (Editor), Sala, Enric (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC Island Press/Center for Resource Economics 2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
Subjects:
Fish
Ecosystems
Marine & Freshwater Sciences
Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management
Marine Sciences
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Freshwater
Aquatic Ecology 
Wildlife
Environmental Law
Environmental Policy
Environmental Law/policy/ecojustice
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Importance of Shifting Baselines
  • PART I. THE PROBLEM DEFINED. 1. A Shoreline Remembrance
  • 2. The “March of Folly” in Global Fisheries
  • 3. If a Frond Falls in the Kelp Forest (does it make any sound?)
  • PART II. ANCHOVIES AND SARDINES. 4. The Sardine-Anchovy Puzzle
  • 5. Variations in Fisheries and Complex Ocean Environments
  • PART III. COD. 6. The Historical Abundance of Cod on the Nova Scotian Shelf
  • 7. History and Context: Reflections from Newfoundland
  • PART IV. METHODS IN HISTORICAL MARINE ECOLOGY. 8. Uncovering the Ocean’s Past
  • 9. Whales, Logbooks, and DNA
  • PART V. FROM FISHERIES MANAGEMENT TO ECOSYSTEMS. 10. Management in the Gulf of Maine
  • 11. Lessons from Coral Reefs
  • Epilogue: Shifting Baselines for the Future
  • Notes
  • Contributors
  • Index

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