Monthly Archives: November 2009
The Sea Knows No Boundaries
The Sea Knows No Boundaries: A Century of Marine Science Under ICES by Helen Rozwadowski “For a detailed account of research and related activities involving the contribution of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) throughout the … Continue reading
Fathoming the Ocean
Fathoming the Ocean: The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea by Helen Rozwadowski Helen Rozwadowski not only knows a lot about fishing, she knows a lot about oceanography and fascination that people have always had for the sea. I … Continue reading
A Science on the Scales
A Science on the Scales: Canadian Fisheries Biology, 1898-1939 by Jennifer Hubbard This is a wonderful book about Atlantic fisheries history. My favorite part is Jennifer’s account of the development of marine biological stations around the world, and the events … Continue reading
Salmon Without Rivers
Salmon Without Rivers: A History of the Pacific Salmon Crisis By James A. Lichatowich Written by one of the Northwest’s most respected fishery sciences, Salmon Without Rivers is a beautifully written account of the interactions between the stocks of salmon … Continue reading
Terry Gross Interviews Dr. Daniel Pauly
Most people don’t know very much about fishing. It happens on the high seas, out of sight, and few people think very much about the how the fillets wind up in the grocery store fish counter. It was interesting to … Continue reading
My Research Cruise with Dr. Sidney Holt
The highlight of my summer was undoubtedly the 12th annual meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries History Association in Norfolk, Va., during August. http://www.hull.ac.uk/nafha/ Being able to talk with several dozen people who are interested in fisheries history was such … Continue reading
Public History @ OSU
I read recently that most blogs start off in a burst of enthusiasm that lasts long enough to post two entries. Then the enthusiasm dies and the blog languishes. It looks like that’s what I’ve done here, started something, then … Continue reading
The Collapse of California Sardines and the Brief Rise of the Oregon Pilchard
I have been thinking about the ramifications of the collapse of the California sardine fishery in the 1940’s, thanks to re-reading a very good dissertation completed in 2003 by Gregory Cushman, who is now at the University of Kansas in … Continue reading
The Marine Fisheries Review / Soviet Whaling
Dr Phil Clapham of the National Marine Mammal Lab became involved in this effort during a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr Bob Brownell in 1995. Beginning in 2006, Yulia Ivashchenko (now Phil’s wife) joined the project to translate formerly secret Soviet … Continue reading