The Fisherman's Problem
Subtitle: Ecology and Law in the California Fisheries, 18501980 (Studies in Environment and History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 26, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780521385862
Subjects: American history; United States - General; Fishery Law And Legislation; History; Environmental Studies; History: American; Washington state; Environmental Science; Industries - General; Business & Economics-Industries - General; Fishery policy--California--History; History / United States / General; History-United States - General; Science / Environmental Science
First sentence: The pelagic, or open-sea, fisheries of California owe their productivity to the California Current, a stream of water roughly 350 miles wide that flows slowly along the coast from north to south.