Instant myth: the case of the west Greenland salmon

It has been said that scientific truths begin as heresies and end as myths, enjoying a period of orthodox acceptance in between. It must be rare, if this is so, for a myth to be imposed upon the public as a “truth”, to be accepted immediately as such, and then to suffer excommunication as heresy. Su...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Dunbar, M. J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1975
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Greenland
Atlantic salmon
Davis Strait
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400032174
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400032174 2024-03-03T08:42:49+00:00 Instant myth: the case of the west Greenland salmon Dunbar, M. J. 1975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400032174 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400032174 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 17, issue 109, page 355-358 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1975 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400032174 2024-02-08T08:48:27Z It has been said that scientific truths begin as heresies and end as myths, enjoying a period of orthodox acceptance in between. It must be rare, if this is so, for a myth to be imposed upon the public as a “truth”, to be accepted immediately as such, and then to suffer excommunication as heresy. Such a case is at hand in the matter of the sea-life area of the Atlantic Salmon in Davis Strait and of the start of a new pelagic fishery. Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon Davis Strait Greenland Polar Record Cambridge University Press Greenland Polar Record 17 109 355 358
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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