HSHM 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Common Fisheries Policy, Overfishing, Grand Banks Of Newfoundland

• School: Yale University
• Department: Hist of Science, Hist of Med
• Course: HSHM 211
• Professor: William Rankin

Document Summary

2/15/17: overfishing: cod and tuna in the atlantic. Cod collapse: the grand banks of newfoundland, moratorium announced on 7/2/1992, 35,000 jobs lost in one day, unemployment rose to 20, effects still felt today; fishing jobs halved by 2010, large-scale drop in population, (cid:862)ma(cid:374)aged a(cid:374)(cid:374)ihilatio(cid:374)(cid:863) Scientists relied too much on data that was not reliable, because businesses changed to accommodate new data by scientists and fishing became more efficient. Bluefin tuna collapse: tuna regulated through quotas by international commission for the conservation of atlantic. In this case, policies set based on best scientific theories, but turned out to be wrong and have disastrous effects on tuna. Social risks: changes to economy of places like newfoundland due to quotas: types of sustainability emerge. No models were able to account for uncertainty: to put into practice: Uncertainty should not be reason to avoid prevention/delay taking action.