5 Easy Pieces: The Impact of Fisheries on Marine Ecosystems
5 Easy Pieces features five contributions, originally published in Nature and Science, demonstrating the massive impacts of modern industrial fisheries on marine ecosystems. Initially published over an eight-year period, from 1995 to 2003, these articles illustrate a transition in scientific thought—from the initially-contested realization that the crisis of fisheries and their underlying ocean ecosystems was, in fact, global to its broad acceptance by mainstream scientific and public...
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Five Easy Pieces features five contributions, originally published in Nature and Science, demonstrating the massive impacts of modern industrial fisheries on marine ecosystems. Initially published over an eight-year period, from 1995 to 2003, these articles illustrate a transition in scientific thought—from the initially-contested realization that the crisis of fisheries and their underlying ocean ecosystems was, in fact, global to its broad acceptance by mainstream scientific and public opinion. Daniel Pauly, a well-known fisheries expert who was a co-author of all five articles, presents each original article here and surrounds it with a rich array of contemporary comments, many of which led Pauly and his colleagues to further study. This wonderfully reflective structure dramatically illustrates how science and society influence one another, sometimes to the betterment of both.
\ Choice"The availability of these articles and commentaries in one volume will be of significant advantage to students taking courses in fishery biology, marine biology, and natural resource management. Highly recommended."\ \ \ \ \ \ Sharpe Asst Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology, Brown University\ - Heather Leslie\ "Daniel Pauly's new book will be of great interest to students of marine science and policy alike. With accessible language and good humor, Dr. Pauly places some of the most important marine conservation science articles of the last two decades in context in a way no one else could. 5 Easy Pieces is not only an excellent resource for those interested in these rapidly evolving fields; it also is a revealing commentary on the process and outcomes of scientific discovery."\ \ \ \ Professor of Marine Conservation, University of York\ - Callum Roberts\ "Pauly is the grand master of fisheries science. This is his engrossing account of how he discovered the true impacts of fishing on marine life, and is a fascinating window into the way scientific advances are made."\ \ \ \ \ \ Author of The Empty Ocean\ - Richard Ellis\ "When Daniel Pauly warns that we'd better pay attention to the massive impacts that industrial fisheries are having on marine ecosystems, we'd better...pay attention. Pauly, who identified the concept of 'fishing down the food web' (taking out the largest predatory fish species first), believes that the future for fish and fisheries is bleak unless we are able to revise our approach to marine resources. This book is remarkably accessible, and more important, remarkable convincing."\ \ \
