Beyond the Tragedy in Global Fisheries

by D G Webster, D. G. Webster, D G Webster

Book Overview

An analysis of how responsive governance has shaped the evolution of global fisheries in cyclical patterns of depletion and rebuilding dubbed the "management treadmill."

The oceans are heavily overfished, and the greatest challenges to effective fisheries management are not technical but political and economic. In this book, D. G. Webster describes how the political economy of fisheries has evolved and highlights patterns that are linked...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262534738
• ISBN13: 9780262534734
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher