History of Ecological Sciences, Part 60: American Great Lakes before 2000

Egerton, Frank N.

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“…Overexploitation of fish reserves, in combination with pollution pressure and the introduction of non-native species, particularly sea flounder ( Petromyzon marinus ) in the 19th and 20th centuries, induced a decline in the fish reserve of the great lakes of North America [ 177 ]. An important advance in addressing the crisis was made in the U.S., so that the principle of maximum sustainable harvest (MSY) was replaced by the concept of optimal sustainable harvest (OSY).…”

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“…In some Western European countries, there are no important overexploitation-related issues. Management of fish resources based on this ecosystem principle and postulations of the WFD, as well as strict enforcement and compliance with fishing laws, is a strategy that has led to encouraging results in the conservation of fish resources [ 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177 ]. The great wealth of fish stocks in the Amazon basin, tropical Africa, and Southeast Asia are facing overfishing due to the constant growth of the population and effects on living standards [ 178 ].…”

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Freshwater as a Sustainable Resource and Generator of Secondary Resources in the 21st Century: Stressors, Threats, Risks, Management and Protection Strategies, and Conservation Approaches

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This paper is a synthetic overview of some of the threats, risks, and integrated water management elements in freshwater ecosystems. The paper provides some discussion of human needs and water conservation issues related to freshwater systems: (1) introduction and background; (2) water basics and natural cycles; (3) freshwater roles in human cultures and civilizations; (4) water as a biosphere cornerstone; (5) climate as a hydrospheric ‘game changer’ from the perspective of freshwater; (6) human-induced stressors’ effects on freshwater ecosystem changes (pollution, habitat fragmentation, etc.); (7) freshwater ecosystems’ biological resources in the context of unsustainable exploitation/overexploitation; (8) invasive species, parasites, and diseases in freshwater systems; (9) freshwater ecosystems’ vegetation; (10) the relationship between human warfare and water. All of these issues and more create an extremely complex matrix of stressors that plays a driving role in changing freshwater ecosystems both qualitatively and quantitatively, as well as their capacity to offer sustainable products and services to human societies. Only internationally integrated policies, strategies, assessment, monitoring, management, protection, and conservation initiatives can diminish and hopefully stop the long-term deterioration of Earth’s freshwater resources and their associated secondary resources.

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Freshwater as a Sustainable Resource and Generator of Secondary Resources in the 21st Century: Stressors, Threats, Risks, Management and Protection Strategies, and Conservation Approaches

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“…Invasive species had also been introduced over the decades, including 34 non-indigenous fish species between 1819 and 1974 (Emery, 1985) and many other invasive species were being introduced through ship ballast water (US EPA, 2020c). The invasion by sea lamprey had a devastating impact on fisheries in the Great Lakes until the scientific discovery of a lampricide in 1958 and the sea lamprey management program, which was implemented by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (Egerton, 2018).…”

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“…At the end of the 1980s an estimated 57 million tonnes of liquid waste were still being poured into the Great Lakes annually (Colborn et al, 1990, 64). Zebra and quagga mussels had been discovered, and within two years of their discovery, had invaded all five Great Lakes (Egerton, 2018). The degraded state of ecosystems and the magnitude of the policy challenge was well known (Caldwell, 1988).…”

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Policy Success in Canada

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This book offers 22 in-depth case studies of public policies and programs of both provincial and federal governments in Canada that have been markedly successful. Using a common analytical framework, each case study describes the history and evolution of the policy, and assesses the extent of its programmatic, process, political, and long-term success. Combined, the cases provide a unique collection of stories about instances in which Canadian institutions and policy-makers actually worked as taxpayers would hope they always do. The volume provides a key and open access resource for teachers and researchers of both Canadian and comparative public policy.

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