Fishing and Whaling

Muscolino, Micah S.

doi:10.1002/9781118279519.ch16

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“…Dybern 1970;Jansson 1980). With regard to marine biota, it has been known since ancient times that fishing and catch size affected fish stocks locally (Muscolino 2012). Real concern for the risk of undermining marine resources or even losing species is a much later phenomenon, though it was perceived as early as the eighteenth century, which saw the disappearance of the sea cow.…”

Section: Introduction: a Narrative Of Declinementioning

confidence: 99%

Decline and diversity in Swedish seas: Environmental narratives in marine history, science and policy

Lidström

Sörlin

Svedäng

2019

Ambio

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Before the mid-twentieth century, there was no comprehensive narrative about empirical conditions in Swedish seas. Around 1970, this view changed profoundly. In line with growing research and the emergence of ‘the environment’ as a defining concept, conditions in Swedish seas were framed as a ‘narrative of decline’. Marine scientists have since recorded more diverse developments than are described by an overall declensionist narrative. Data show trends of interrupted decline, variability and even recovery, taking place at least partly in response to effective policy and legislation. We suggest that beyond the specialised fields of marine sciences and marine environmental history, the overarching narrative of decline has persisted, paying little attention to local and regional particularities as well as cultural and political dimensions of the marine environment. This overly uniform narrative risks obscuring historical reality and, hence, fails to adequately inform policy and the public about developments and outcomes of interventions in Swedish seas.

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Section: Introduction: a Narrative Of Declinementioning

confidence: 99%