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Biostatistics
(Hardcover)
K L a P & Pullaiah T & Reddy Sarma
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In a lively account of the American tuna industry over the past
century, celebrated food writer and scholar Andrew F. Smith relates
how tuna went from being sold primarily as a fertilizer to becoming
the most commonly consumed fish in the country. In "American Tuna,"
the so-called "chicken of the sea" is both the subject and the
backdrop for other facets of American history: U.S. foreign policy,
immigration and environmental politics, and dietary trends.
Smith recounts how tuna became a popular low-cost high-protein food
beginning in 1903, when the first can rolled off the assembly line.
By 1918, skyrocketing sales made it one of America's most popular
seafoods. In the decades that followed, the American tuna industry
employed thousands, yet at at mid-century production started to
fade. Concerns about toxic levels of methylmercury, by-catch
issues, and over-harvesting all contributed to the demise of the
industry today, when only three major canned tuna brands exist in
the United States, all foreign owned. A remarkable cast of
characters-- fishermen, advertisers, immigrants, epicures, and
environmentalists, among many others--populate this fascinating
chronicle of American tastes and the forces that influence them.
This book explores economic information about the Nation's
commercial and recreational fishing activities, and fishing-related
industries. Descriptive statistics are provided for the following
categories: economic impacts of the commercial seafood industry,
commercial fisheries landings, revenue, and price trends; angler
expenditures and economic impacts of recreational fishing,
recreational fishing catch, effort, and participation rates and
employer and non-employer establishment, payroll and annual receipt
information for fishing-related industries.
Today, aquaculture in federal waters is among the most talked-about
technologies associated with the future of seafood production in
the United States. In a report to Congress, the U.S. Commission on
Ocean Policy recommended that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) develop a comprehensive, environmentally
sound permitting and regulatory program for marine aquaculture.
This book reviews research on the effect on U.S. offshore
aquaculture of global and national trends in seafood supply and
demand, other factors that affect market prices, such as the cost
of feed and technology, social factors, government regulations and
useful models from other food segments of the U.S. economy and
others.
"The Forest and the Marine Stewardship Councils constitute new
global governance institutions using voluntary certification and
labelling as market incentives to encourage sustainable management.
Utilizing a comparative political economic framework, the authors
analyze shifting British, Canadian and Australian responses to the
stewardship councils"--
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