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The Fisherman's Problem (1986) (edit title/settings)

Ecology and Law in the California Fisheries, 1850-1980

by Arthur F. McEvoy (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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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.

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This book is in Studies in Environment and History. (publisher series)

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  1. Arthur F. McEvoy (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country: Great Britain & USA
Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: 0521324270
Page Count: 385

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  • Library of Congress: SH222 .C3 M36 1986
  • Dewey: 973

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