The security of world fish supply from wild fisheries and from aquaculture is an increasing concern due to dwindling yields from wild catch and undesirable ecological impacts of aquaculture. The extent to which aquaculture can substitute for fish from wild catch will depend on the productivity of aquaculture, which in...
The authors suggests that the problem with how political scientists approach their work stems from forcing the real-world to fit the requirements of their models rather than forcing their models to fit the
requirements of the real world.
The presenter discusses the similarities between natural history and anthropological studies including methods and objectives. She suggests that that the audiences are different hence questions merger.
The issue of merging the social sciences might be
thought of as an issue of categorization. It may be that
that things psychologists have learned about
categorization and categories will illuminate this issue.
Over the last decade, advocates of the interdisciplinary concept of social capital have celebrated the fact that elements
of local social structures--embodied in social norms, networks and organizations--can significantly affect well-being in fishing
communities. But does this concept bring anything to the study and practice of fisheries management that is...
During AY 2009/10 OSU Libraries’ Research and Innovative Services Department (RIS) conducted a pilot project on “environmental scanning.” One of our goals for the year is to develop a process to investigate emerging trends based on a topic and disseminate our findings. Initially we each scanned a segment of the...