OECD Insights Fisheries [electronic resource] : While Stocks Last?
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContributor
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2010.
The fish on your plate may have been caught by a high-tech trawler, trapped by a lone fisher, farmed along with tons of others, or even stolen by pirates. It may have been captured in the South Atlantic, landed in Europe, and processed in China. Globalisation, North-South relations, changing attitudes and lifestyles, and the way we manage natural resources all influence fisheries. This book uses the expertise of the OECD to assess these issues, and describes the challenges facing those who work in the industry. Apart from the fishers themselves and their families, it also draws on the points o
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Contents; 1. Fishing: Difficult,Dangerous andDoomed?; 2. A HundredThousandYears of Fishing; 3. Fisheries: Taking Stock; 4. Sea of Troubles; 5. Pirate Fishing; 6. Selling the Seven Seas; 7. Hooked onHandouts?; 8. Sea Changes; 9. Fisheries: Common Wealth?; References
The fish on your plate may have been caught by a high-tech trawler, trapped by a lone fisher, farmed along with tons of others, or even stolen by pirates. It may have been captured in the South Atlantic, landed in Europe, and processed in China. Globalisation, North-South relations, changing attitudes and lifestyles, and the way we manage natural resources all influence fisheries. This book uses the expertise of the OECD to assess these issues, and describes the challenges facing those who work in the industry. Apart from the fishers themselves and their families, it also draws on the points o
Fishery management, International.
Fishery policy -- International cooperation.
Fishery resources -- International cooperation.
Agriculture
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Animal Sciences
OECD Insights