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Expanding Fundy's harvest : targeting untapped treasures / [written and produced by J.A. Percy].: En13-8/10-1996E-PDF

"Fisheries managers use the term "underutilized species" for marine organisms that have long been ignored by most fishermen, but have suddenly become very marketable. Marine scientists, on the other hand, tend to be uncomfortable with the expression. To them, it implies that a species is wasted simply because it is not being scooped up for human consumption or other commercial use. It glosses over the point that, although these species may be "underutilized" economically, they are invariably "fully utilized" ecologically. ... The practice of harvesting "underutilized species" at lower and lower levels in the food chain increases the likelihood of adversely effecting more commercially important species at the higher trophic levels. Regrettably, we don't know enough about most marine food chains to be able to predict the extent or seriousness of these ecological "chain" reactions."--p. 1.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Environment Canada.
  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
  • Clean Annapolis River Project.
  • Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Project.
  • Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research.
  • Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment.
TitleExpanding Fundy's harvest : targeting untapped treasures / [written and produced by J.A. Percy].
Series title
  • Fundy issues ; issue #10
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Caption title.
  • "Autumn 1996."
  • "The Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Project is supported by Environment Canada, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research."
  • "This publication is financially supported by the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment."
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]
  • Includes bibliographical references: p. 6.
Publishing information
  • Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia : The Clean Annapolis River Project : The Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Project, 1996.
Author / Contributor
  • Percy, J. A. (Jonathan Arthur), 1943-
Description6 p : ill.
Catalogue number
  • En13-8/10-1996E-PDF
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