Fisheries & Related Industries

Shifting Baselines explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans o...

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

Since the Viking ascendancy in the Middle Ages, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend upon it for survival. And just as surely, pe...

Over the past several decades, shrimp has transformed from a luxury food to a kitchen staple. While shrimp-loving consumers have benefited from the...

This book provides a historical and analytical account of changes in the seafood supply chain in Britain from the mid-twentieth century to the pres...

Recent discussion, academic publications and many of the national exhibitions relating to the Great War at sea have focussed on capital ships, Jutl...

In the last decades, the human harvesting of marine resources became more efficient as the understanding of the habits and behaviours of the variou...

This book discusses the harvesting, prevalence and benefits of tilapia and trout. Chapter One begins with a review of the risks and benefits of til...

Winner of the 2014 Albert Corey Prize from the American Historical AssociationWinner of the 2013 Hal Rothman Award from the Western History Associa...

As the ice around the Arctic landmass recedes, the territory is becoming a flashpoint in world affairs. New trade routes, cutting thousands of mile...

The Polar North is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves and its positionholds signifi cant trading and military advantages, yet the marit...

This book explores the types of conflicts that occur over marine and coastal resources, the underlying causes, and attempts to prevent them.Despite...