Shrinking Fisheries 30.2

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

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

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

Reviews Special to the web

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

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