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ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
- The Closing of the Frontier: A History of the Marine Fisheries of Southeast Asia, c.1850-2000
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
summary
This book is the first on the history of the marine fisheries of Southeast Asia. It takes as its central theme the movement of fisheries into new fishing grounds, particularly the diverse ecosystems that make up the seas of Southeast Asia. This process accelerated between the 1950s and 1970s in what the author calls “the great fish race”. Catches soared as the population of the region grew, demand from Japan and North America for shrimps and tuna increased, and fishers adopted more efficient ways of locating, catching, and preserving fish. But the great fish race soon brought about the severe depletion of one fish population after another, while pollution and the destruction of mangroves and coral reefs degraded fish habitats. Today the relentless movement into new fishing grounds has come to an end, for there are no new fishing grounds to exploit. The frontier of fisheries has closed. The challenge now is to exploit the seas in ways that preserve the diversity of marine life while providing the people of the region with a source of food long into the future.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-ix
- List of Tables
- p. x
- List of Figures
- p. xi
- List of Maps
- pp. xii-xiii
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xv-xviii
- Permissions
- p. xix
- Explanatory Notes
- pp. xx-xxii
- 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-26
- 6. The Great Fish Race
- pp. 168-233
- 7. The Closing of the Frontier
- pp. 234-292
- Appendix 1
- pp. 370-372
- Appendix 2
- p. 373
- Appendix 3
- p. 374
- Notes and Sources for Maps and Figures
- pp. 388-393
- Bibliography
- pp. 394-433
- The Author
- p. 443
Additional Information
ISBN
9789812305404
Related ISBN(s)
9789812302236
MARC Record
OCLC
647682089
Pages
443
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No