Oceans Past: A Guide to Oceans Future

Book Release
"Oceans Past: Management Insights from the History of Marine Animal Population" Edited by David J. Starkey, Poul Holm and Michaela Barnard. The newly published book from Earthscan presents studies of long-term interaction between human societies and the marine environment. The chapters were originally presented as papers to an international conference - Oceans Past: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the History of Marine Animal Populations. Contributions come from researchers based in Russia, Canada, Australia, Denmark, UK and the US.

This pioneering book demonstrates how an understanding of the past can explain the current state of the seas and inform the management of ocean resources in the future.

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