Browsing by Subject "Fisheries"
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Application of an Environmental Management Systems Approach to Fisheries : A Case Study of the Fishery of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation
(2001)This study explores the potential contribution of the environmental management systems approach to fisheries management. A review of fisheries management literature was conducted, and a case study was used, to develop an ... -
CASTING A WIDER NET: ENGAGING COMMUNITIES TO ENHANCE FISHERIES SCIENCE AND INFORM MANAGEMENT IN ATLANTIC CANADA
(2023-12-13)In many contexts around the world, fisheries management remains a ‘wicked problem’, plagued by complexity in efforts to obtain credible information upon which to make decisions, establish legitimacy in governance processes, ... -
Coregonus labradoricus, the sault whitefish, an interesting addition to the freshwater fish fauna of Nova Scotia
(The Ross Print Limited, 1924) -
Development and underdevelopment and the rise of trade unionism in the fishing industry of Nova Scotia, 1900-1950
(1976)This is a study of the development of capitalism in the fishing industry of Nova Scotia between 1900 and 1950. In particular, it traces the patterns of growth of two intertwined institutions through two distinct periods ... -
Elasmobranch Bycatch in the Canadian Northwest Atlantic and Arctic Adjacent Seas: Composition, Biogeography, and Mitigation
(2015-03-31)BACKGROUND: Industrial fishing has profoundly changed the biological state of oceans and seas. While the direct impacts of overfishing on target stocks are being increasingly addressed, unwanted bycatch and discarding of ... -
Fisheries Stock Assessment: an inductive science with the Logical form of Primitive Magic
(2010-01-20)Abstract. A logical analysis of the common fisheries models used in stock assessment has shown that they produce specific predictions with the logical form of existential statements, fail Karl Popper’s falsifiability ... -
FORECASTING FUTURES - THE EFFECT OF AGE, ABUNDANCE, AND HARVESTING ON THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF MARINE FISHES
(2014-08-21)In the first part of this thesis I attempt to address some of the concerns regarding the stock-recruitment relationship that have been voiced over the last 50 years. In chapter 2 I revisit the shape of the stock-recruitment ... -
Fundamental issues facing the Canadian fishing industry in the 1980's
(Dalhousie Printing Centre, 1980) -
Glacial boulders of our fisheries and invertebrates, attached and detached
(WM. MacNab, 1889) -
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF FISH IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
(2016-04-06)Fisheries have contributed to human well-being for centuries. Coastal ecosystems function as fish nurseries, thus adding to fisheries productivity. This thesis examines historical change of commercially important fish in ... -
The Magdalene Islands
(WM. MacNab, 1891) -
Measuring and Characterizing the Ecological Footprint and Life Cycle Environmental Costs of Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) Products
(2011-04-20)The fishery for Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) has received considerable attention in recent years, owing largely to the possibility of its significant expansion and the ecological implications of increased extraction ... -
Modelling phase shifts in a rocky subtidal ecosystem
(Inter-Research, Nordbuente 23 Oldendorf/Luhe 21385 Germany, [mailto:ir@int-res.com], [URL:http://www.int-res.com/], 2008-03)The rocky subtidal ecosystem of the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia is characterised by 2 community states, kelp beds and urchin barrens that alternate on a decadal time scale. While the shift from barrens to a kelp bed ... -
The natural history of fisheries management
(Dalhousie Printing Centre, 1980) -
Nonstationary Productivity in Global Fish Stocks
(2014-12-22)Environmental change in the ocean has raised significant concern over the continued productivity of global fisheries resources. In this thesis, I investigate time-varying rates of population growth and biomass production ... -
Ocean Back: Inuit-led Governance for the Future of Fisheries in Nunatsiavut
(2023-07-14)Fisheries governance represents a key opportunity for upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. But how to fulfill these rights, and how to ensure that Indigenous Knowledges, values, and priorities guide ... -
On the fishes of St. Margaret's Bay
(William Gossip, 1870) -
On the food fishes of Nova Scotia. No. VI.
(William Gossip, 1870) -
Our fishes and their enemies
(WM. MacNab, 1890) -
Spatial and spatio-temporal models for use in the marine environment with applications to the Scotian Shelf
(2018-12-14)The marine environment is a particularly challenging place for anyone interested in the animals which inhabit it. Unlike on land, where animals go and what they do is usually unobservable. Efforts to learn often rely upon ...