Oceans Past
Management Insights from the History of Marine Animal Populations
Edited by David J. Starkey, Poul Holm and Michaela Barnard
[A] fascinating volume, which establishes marine environmental history as a major new discipline for academics as well as an exciting way to bring history and the natural world alive for the public.’
ANDREW A. ROSENBERG, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
‘The HMAP project is to be congratulated on this book, which presents vivid, evidence-based reconstructions of historical fisheries and the prolific ecosystems in which they were embedded.’
TONY J. PITCHER, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
‘The ingenuity and scholarship of the authors allow us to see ... how human societies have depended on and influenced marine living resources from periwinkles to whales.’
MIKE SINCLAIR, BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY
‘This book exalts the surprisingly fruitful marriage of historians and marine scientists - a union that has proven to be one of the most exciting developments in ocean research in recent years.’
KATHERINE RICHARDSON, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
Available to purchase from Earthscan