The Fisherman's Problem: Ecology and Law in the California Fisheries, 1850-1980

by Arthur F. McEvoy

Book Overview

The living resources of California's rivers and coastal waters are among the most varied and productive in the world. They also offer a laboratory example of the mismanagement and waste that have attended the settlement and development of the North American continent. The Fisherman's Problem is a study of the interaction among resource ecology, economic enterprise, and law in the history of the California fishing industry. It analyzes the ways in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521385865
• ISBN13: 9780521385862
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent histoical analysis

In one essay--"California Indians as Capable Resource Managers"--taken from this book, McEvoy convincingly argues that the native peoples living here before Europeans came TRULY lived and used resources sustainably.We ought to take to heart the ways the Indians dealt with the issues of resource depletion and over-population that we face today.