Georges Bank: Past, Present, and Future of a Marine Environment

ISBN-13: 9780367018689 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 216 str.

Guy C. McLeod

Opis

This collection of papers on Georges Bank, New England, lends insight into the dilemmas that accompany attempts to implement environmental policy decisions where renewable and nonrenewable resources coexist. 

Spis treści

Introduction -- The History of Georges Bank -- Currents and Sediment Movement on Georges Bank -- Biological Processes on Georges Bank -- Ocean Health and Georges Bank -- Harvesting and Management -- The Marine Mammals and Birds of Georges Bank -- Oil Exploration and Development on Georges Bank -- The Role of the New England Regional Fishery Management Council on Georges Bank -- International Law and the Georges Bank Fishery: The U.S.–Canadian East Coast Fishery Treaty -- The Struggle for Georges Bank -- Georges Bank: Muddling Toward Frugality

O autorze

Guy C. McLeod is director of research at the Harold E. Edgerton Laboratory of the New England Aquarium in Boston, where John H. Prescott is executive director.