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| Ownership and Productivity of Marine Fishery Resources An Essay on the Resolution of Conflict in the Use of the Ocean Pastures by Elmer A. Keen Essays on a Changing Planet 1988, 6x9", 124 pages 17 b&w figures Softcover $14.95 (0-939923-05-X) |
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At a time when the health and future viability of the world's ocean is becoming a subject of growing social, political and ecological concern, Elmer A. Keen has offered a timely and thought provoking analysis of the present use of the marine fishery resources. To permit marine fisheries to remain viable, Keen argues that their current management as common resources must be changed and suggests a paradigm by which a top-to-bottom reformation of the industry to one based on ownership of the resource, coupled with profit incentives for the resource owner, might be accomplished. Revisionary when new, this book is now considered near the mainstream of thinking about the management of marine fisheries and the conservation of this important resource. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Elmer A Keen is a retired professional geographer who taught for many years at San Diego State University in California. He presently resides in San Diego.
He is a member of the M & W Speakers Bureau and is available for slide presentations, chats or discussion groups, and book signings. REVIEWS
"[This book] is easy to read and explores policy questions that citizens and specialists alike should be addressing. . .Keen not only clearly delineates the problem but provides a unique and radical solution." (Nancy Pearlman, Ecology Center of Southern California)
"[This book provides] a compelling argument for changing the present system that perpetuates the tragedy of the commons." (Sport Fishing Institute Bulletin)
"[Keen's book discusses] A topic of vital concern to the fishing industry. . .We expect and hope that the fisheries and the resource will benefit from attention to and the application of Dr. Keen's ideas. . . ." (William G. Court, Transpac Fisheries, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan)
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