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OverviewThe commercial cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador was once the most successful fishery in the world. When it collapsed in 1992 – causing the largest single-day layoff in Canadian history and irrevocable ecological damage – fishermen, scholars, and scientists pointed to failures in management such as uncontrolled harvesting as likely culprits. Examining the history of commercial cod fisheries in the region from the mid-nineteenth century, Managed Annihilation makes the case that the very idea of natural resource management caused the death of the cod. The collapse occurred when the fisheries were ostensibly managed by the state, and the fishery has still not recovered nearly two decades later. Although the collapse raised doubts among policy-makers about their ability to understand, predict, and control nature, their ultimate goal of control through management has not wavered – it has simply been transferred onto new targets. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dean BavingtonPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9780774817479ISBN 10: 077481747 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 20 May 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe sorry state of ocean life has led to a new kind of fish story - a lament not for the one that got away but for the countless others that didn't...Dean Bavington...observes that two hundred billion pounds worth of cod were taken from Canada's grand banks before 1992, when the cod simply ran out. -- Elizabeth Kolbert * The New Yorker * Bavington's critique of existing management approaches is strong, and opens the door to a worthwhile discussion. -- Tracy Yandle, Emory University * International Journal of Martime History, Vol XXII, No 2 * This book ... is valuable to those seeking a fresh, provocative approach to the northern cod fishery in particular and to natural resource management in general. Summing Up: Highly recommended. -- .A. Hutchings, Dalhousie University * CHOICE, Vol. 48, No. 8 * The sorry state of ocean life has led to a new kind of fish story-a lament not for the one that got away but for the countless others that didn't...Dean Bavington...observes that two hundred billion pounds' worth of cod were taken from Canada's Grand Banks before 1992, when the cod simply ran out. -- Elizabeth Kolbert * The Scales Fall, The New Yorker * The sorry state of ocean life has led to a new kind of fish story—a lament not for the one that got away but for the countless others that didn’t…Dean Bavington…observes that two hundred billion pounds’ worth of cod were taken from Canada’s Grand Banks before 1992, when the cod simply ran out. -- Elizabeth Kolbert * The Scales Fall, The New Yorker * Bavington’s critique of existing management approaches is strong, and opens the door to a worthwhile discussion. -- Tracy Yandle, Emory University * International Journal of Martime History, Vol XXII, No 2 * This book ... is valuable to those seeking a fresh, provocative approach to the northern cod fishery in particular and to natural resource management in general. Summing Up: Highly recommended. -- .A. Hutchings, Dalhousie University * CHOICE, Vol. 48, No. 8 * The sorry state of ocean life has led to a new kind of fish story – a lament not for the one that got away but for the countless others that didn't...Dean Bavington...observes that two hundred billion pounds worth of cod were taken from Canada's grand banks before 1992, when the cod simply ran out. -- Elizabeth Kolbert * The New Yorker * Unlike other efforts to make sense of the tragedy of the commons of the northern cod fishery and its halting recovery, Bavington calls into question the very premise of management and managerial ecology and offers a critical explanation that seeks to uncover alternatives obscured by this dominant way of relating to nature. - Bonnie McCay, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University Author InformationDean L.Y. Bavington is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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