Author: John C. PearsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blue crab
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Decline in Abundance of the Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus, in Chesapeake Bay During 1940 and 1941, with Suggested Conservation Methods
Author: John C. PearsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blue crab
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF.
Author: Shifting Baselines in the Chesapeake Bay
Author: Victor S. KennedyPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421426552
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
This environmental history of America’s largest estuary provides insight into how and why its former productivity and abundant fisheries have declined. The concept of “shifting baselines”—changes in historical reference points used in environmental assessments—illuminates a foundational challenge when evaluating the health of ecosystems and seeking to restore degraded wildlife populations. In this important book, Victor S. Kennedy examines the problem of shifting baselines for one of the most productive aquatic resources in the world: the Chesapeake Bay. Kennedy explains that since the 1800s, when the Bay area was celebrated for its aquatic bounty, harvest baselines have shifted downward precipitously. Over the centuries, fishers and hunters, supported by an extensive infrastructure of boats, gear, and processing facilities, overexploited the region’s fish, crustaceans, terrapin, and waterfowl, squandering a profound resource. Beginning with the colonial period and continuing through the twentieth century, Kennedy gathers an unparalleled collection of scientific resources and eyewitness reports by colonists, fishers, managers, scientists, and newspaper reporters to create a comprehensive examination of the Chesapeake’s environmental history. Focusing on the relative productivity and health of its fisheries and wildlife and highlighting key species such as shad, oysters, and blue crab, Shifting Baselines in the Chesapeake Bay helps readers understand the remarkable extent of the Bay’s natural resources in the past so that we can begin to understand what has changed since, and why. Such knowledge can help illustrate the Bay’s potential fertility and stimulate efforts to restore this pivotal maritime system’s ecological health and productivity.
Commercial Fisheries Review
Author: Fishery Leaflet
Author: Annotated Bibliography on the Fishing Industry and Biology of the Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus
Author: Marlin E. TagatzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blue crab
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Fur Seal Investigations, 1969
Author: Marine Mammal Biological Laboratory (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northern fur seal
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Fishery Market News
Author: FAO fisheries biology technical paper
Author: United States Government Publications, a Monthly Catalog
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1686
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index.