The aquaculture controversy in Canada : activism, policy, and contested science

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The aquaculture controversy in Canada : activism, policy, and contested science / Nathan Young and Ralph Matthews.

Young, Nathan, 1977- (Author). Matthews, Ralph, 1943- (Added Author).

Summary:

"The farming of aquatic organisms is one of the most promising but controversial new industries in Canada. The industry has the potential to solve food supply problems, but critics believe it poses unacceptable threats to human health, local communities, and the environment. This book is not about the methods and techniques of aquaculture but an exploration of the controversy itself. Rather than choosing sides, Nathan Young and Ralph Matthews present the controversy as a multi-layered conflict about knowledge, rights, and development. Comprehensive and balanced, this book addresses one of the most contentious public policy and environmental issues facing the world today."--pub. desc.

Record details

ISBN: 9780774818100
ISBN: 0774818107
ISBN: 0774818115
ISBN: 9780774818117
Physical Description: xiv, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-284) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: A high-speed collision : aquaculture as intersection and metaphor. Aquaculture in a global context ; Aquaculture in a local context -- Knowledge battlefield. Knowledge battlefield : science, framing, and "facts" ; Knowledge warriors : experts and the aquaculture controversy ; Media and the knowledge battlefield / With Mary Liston -- Political economy. Aquaculture and community development ; Governing aquaculture.