Issue 168: October 2001: Book Review - Sustainable Use and Management

 

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BOOK Review

Sustainable Fishery Systems

by Anthony Charles

Published by Blackwell Science. Distributed in North America by Iowa

State University Press. 384 pages, paperback, illus., ISBN

0-632-05775-0. Publication Date: 2001.

This new book presents an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to the study of fisheries. The first part of the book seeks to provide a readable, non-technical grounding in the structure and dynamics of fishery systems and their natural, human and management components. This includes particular attention to fishery policy and planning, management, development and research. In the second part of the book, the integrated approach is used to address a range of issues faced in pursuing 'sustainable fisheries', with emphasis on six dominant themes: sustainability, uncertainty, complexity, conflict, fishing rights and the nature of fishery

This book is suitable both as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students, and as a reference book for professionals and practitioners - in fishery research, management and development as well as in the fishing industry itself. As a textbook, it may be particularly relevant for courses in fisheries, and coastal/marine management, that seek to transcend disciplinary boundaries and to combine theoretical analysis with practical case studies.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Fishery Systems

2. The Natural System

3. The Human System

4. The Management System: Policy and Planning

5. Fishery Management

6. Fishery Development

7. Fishery Research

8. Dynamics of the Fishery System

9. Case Studies of Fishery Systems

10. Sustainability in Fishery Systems

11. Uncertainty and the Precautionary Approach

12. Complexity, Diversity and the Ecosystem

13. Fishery Conflicts and the Co-management

14. Rights in Fishery Systems

15. Resilient Fishery Systems and Robust

Appendix: Integrated Models of Fishery Systems

Bibliography

Index

About the author:

Anthony Charles is professor of Management Science and Environmental Studies at Saint Mary's University, in Halifax, Canada, and is a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation.

For further information and to order:

http://www.blacksci.co.uk/~cgilib/bookpage.bin?File=5797

http://store.yahoo.com/isupress/0632057750.html