Salmon and sustainability : the biophysical cost of producing salmon through the commercial salmon fishery and the intensive salmon culture industry

• Main Author: Tyedmers, Peter
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Keta; Sockeye; Atlantic salmon; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13201

Technologies play a critical role in mediating the impact of the human enterprise on the ecosphere. Consequently, the adoption of more biophysically efficient technologies is essential if the sustainability of the human enterprise is to improve as populations and per capita consumption demands incre...