Historical Perspectives of Fisheries Exploitation in the Indo-Pacific

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Christensen, Joseph (Editor), Tull, Malcolm (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: MARE Publication Series, 12
• Subjects: Environment.; History.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Environmental management.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Environmental Management.; History, general.
• Physical Description: XV, 276 p. 49 illus., 8 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789401787277
• ISSN: 2212-6260 ;

The waters of the Indo-Pacific were at the centre of the global expansion of marine capture fisheries in the twentieth century, yet surprisingly little has been written about this subject from a historical perspective. This book, the first major study of the history of fishing in Asia and Oceania, presents the case-studies completed through the History of Marine Animal Populations (HMAP) initiative. It examines the marine environmental history and historical marine ecology of the Indo-Pacific during a period that witnessed the dramatic escalation of industrial fishing in these seas.