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.

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, p...