9.0022 Conf: Marine Resources & Human Societies (1/34)
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 15 May 1995 11:09:39 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 9, No. 0022. Monday, 15 May 1995.
Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 16:37:16 -0230
From: OLAF <olaf@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
Subject: CON: Marine resources & human societies
Please draw the following conference information to the attention
of anyone concerned with past and present state of fish stocks in
the North Atlantic and their significance for fishing societies.
Thank you.
Olaf Janzen
Department of History
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
Corner Brook, Newfoundland
Canada
A2H 6P9
e-mail: olaf@kean.ucs.mun.ca
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MARINE RESOURCES AND HUMAN SOCIETIES
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC SINCE 1500
The Maritime Studies Research Unit (MSRU) at Memorial University
of Newfoundland will sponsor a conference on October 20-22, 1995
on "Marine Resources and Human Societies in the North Atlantic
Since 1500. Sessions will cover the historical origins of the
present crisis in the fisheries by examining: marine resources in
historical perspective; estimating fishing effort in the past;
property rights and their ecological consequences; traditional
ecological knowledge; fisheries and government management,
maritime communities in history; and marine ecology and underde-
velopment. For further information, contact: Daniel Vickers,
chair, MSRU Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's,
NFLD. A1C 5S7 (tel: +1 709-737-8425; FAX: +1 709-737-2164; e-
mail: dvickers@kean.ucs.mun.ca).