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A Science on the Scales : The Rise of Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Biology, 1898-1939.

Hubbard, Jennifer M.

A Science on the Scales : The Rise of Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Biology, 1898-1939. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (378 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Scientists at Sea: Expeditions and Seaside Stations -- 2 Fishing for Ideas: Approaches to Marine Biology and Fisheries Science to 1914 -- 3 The Canadian Fisheries Expedition, 1914-1915 -- 4 Ottawa, 1919: Bureaucrats versus the Biological Board -- 5 Rescuing Canada's Sinking Atlantic Fishing Industry, 1924-1939 -- 6 Huxley's Red Herring -- 7 An Environmental Assessment: The International Passamaquoddy Fisheries Commission, 1931-1933 -- 8 Ebb Tide at the Atlantic Biological Station -- Epilogue: Balancing the Scales -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations.

An original and timely work, A Science on the Scales shines a light on a heretofore-neglected aspect of Canada's science history.

9781442670464


Biological Board of Canada-History.
Fish populations-Research-Atlantic provinces-History.
Fisheries-Research-Atlantic Provinces-History.


Electronic books.

QL618.3 .H83 2006

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