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Order out of Chaos
Author(s) -
ACHESON JAMES M.,
WILSON JAMES A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1996.98.3.02a00110
Subject(s) - fish <actinopterygii> , chaos (operating system) , fish stock , order (exchange) , chaotic , fishery , operations research , environmental resource management , sociology , computer science , environmental ethics , geography , ecology , business , economics , engineering , biology , artificial intelligence , philosophy , computer security , finance
The current crisis in the world's fisheries indicates the need for a different management method than that now used by Western scientists, which regulates the quantity of fish taken. The authors propose a method called parametric management, which takes into account the complex, chaotic nature offish stocks and emphasizes preserving regular biological processes in the life cycle of fish by controlling how people fish. Supporting data come from 28 folk societies, the Maine lobster industry, and the authors' mathematical model of fish stocks.