Shrinking Fisheries 30.2

Editorial: Mayday! Mayday!

Empty Nets
Daniel Pauly
Fisheries are in decline around the world as fishing technology outstrips ecological capacity.

Freshwater Fiasco
Jon Hornung

Ocean Oil Threatens Fisheries
Gretchen Fitzgerald

On the Menu
Gretchen Fitzgerald
A consumer’s guide to eating seafood responsibly.

Wanted: New Management
Terry Glavin
Many of Canada’s fisheries are in crisis, but new forms of management suggest a more sustainable future may be possible.

Catch of the Day
Mike Skladany and Peter Vandergeest
Seafood campaigns are reaching consumers but they risk oversimplification.

Healthy Fishing
Jennifer Dawson, David Kraft and Donald Cole
The Great Lakes should be cleaned up – for the sake of the fish and the fishers.

Dioxins Undermined Lake Ontario Fishery
John Peterson Myers

Fish Fat Facts
Janice Harvey
Informed food choices will decrease exposure to contaminants. More Alternatives

News & Notes

World Social Forum Takes on Coke

Science Desk
Liann Bobechko and Steve Stockton
Why sperm counts are down in city and country.

Letter from South Stukely
Darren Bardati
Quebec landowners want local energy corridor to be a nature reserve.

Political Science
Stephen Bocking
It’s time to review the usefulness of the “ecological footprint” concept.

Stir It Up
Tooker Gomberg
Let’s fight smog like we fought smoking.

The Call of the Moon
Guy Dauncey
Turn to the tides for the latest source of clean, renewable energy.

The New Conquistadores
Karyn Keenan
Multinational mining companies face off against disgruntled communities in Peru.
Gold Mine Poisons Villagers

Reviews

Net Loss by Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin
Unnatural Law by David R. Boyd
What If …? Collected Writings 1986-2000 by Paolo Soleri
Deceit and Denial by Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner
Enviropop edited by Mark Meister and Phyllis M. Japp

Reviews Special to the web

Northern Lights against POPs: Combatting Toxic Threats in the Arctic by David Leonard Downie and Terry Fenge, eds.
Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems by Lance H. Gunderson and C.S. Holling, eds.
Tangled Routes: Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato Trail by Deborah Barndt
Bringing The Food Economy Home by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield and Steven Gorelick
Secret Ingredients: The Brave New World of Industrial Farming by Stuart Laidlaw
Off the Map: An Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economy by Chellis Glendinning
Against the Machine: The Hidden Luddite Tradition in Literature, Art, and Individual Lives by Nicols Fox
The Policy Process: A Practical Guide for Natural Resource Professionals by Tim W. Clark
Foundations of Natural Resources Policy and Management by Tim W. Clark, Andrew R. Willard and Christina M. Cromley, eds.

Off the Beat - Neuromarketing

On the Shelf
Greg Michalenko
The new and revised Home Place by Stan Rowe is still a favourite.

Letters

Brain Mulch
Ryan D. Kennedy
Ryan rises to face his latest local environmental challenge: bulk mail.