Ecosystem Impacts of Fishing
How does overfishing affect ecosystems? Early explorers’ accounts are full of wonder at the natural wealth of the New World and astonishment at the size of fish. Writing in 1615 about John Cabot’s voyage off Newfoundland, Peter Martyr said, “in the sea adjacent [he]...
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| Format: | Book Part |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wentk/9780199798131.003.0015 |
| Summary: | How does overfishing affect ecosystems? Early explorers’ accounts are full of wonder at the natural wealth of the New World and astonishment at the size of fish. Writing in 1615 about John Cabot’s voyage off Newfoundland, Peter Martyr said, “in the sea adjacent [he]... |
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