West Greenland's Cod-to-Shrimp Transition : Local Dimensions of Climatic Change

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Hamilton, Lawrence C., Brown, Benjamin C., Rasmussen, Rasmus Ole
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2003
• Subjects: Greenland; fisheries; climatic change; human dimensions; Sisimiut; Paamiut; Elias Kleist; North Atlantic Oscillation; Great Salinity Anomaly; Unaami; Groenland; pêches; changement climatique; dimensions humaines; oscillation nord-atlantique; grande anomalie de salinité; Arctic; Disko Bay; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63682

West Greenland's transition from a cod-fishing to a shrimp-fishing economy, ca. 1960-90, provides a case study in the human dimensions of climatic change. Physical, biological, and social systems interacted in complex ways to affect coastal communities. For this integrated case study, we examin...