The Fishmeal Revolution

The Industrialization of the Humboldt Current Ecosystem

(Author) Kristin A. Wintersteen
Format: HardCover
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Introduction -- A deep history of the Humboldt Current ecosystem -- The new industrial ecology of animal farming in the Atlantic and Pacific worlds, 1840-1930 -- Protein from the sea : the "nutrition problem" and the industrialization of fishing in Chile and Peru -- The golden anchoveta : the making of the world's largest single-species fishery in Chimbote, Peru -- States of uncertainty : science, policy, and the bio-economics of Peru's 1972 fishmeal collapse -- The translocal history of industrial fisheries in Iquique and Talcahuano, Chile -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : glossary of marine species -- Appendix B :diagram of Humboldt Current trophic web -- Appendix C : major current systems of Eastern and Central Pacific Ocean -- Appendix D : world fisheries management zones -- Appendix E : world fisheries landings and ENSO events, 1950-2014.

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Publisher:
University of California Press
Format:
HardCover
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780520379626
Publish year:
2021
Publish date:
May 25, 2021

Kristin A. Wintersteen

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