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On the Sex of Fish and the Gender of Scientists: A collection of essays in fisheries science
Daniel Pauly is the most widely cited fisheries scientist of his generation. On the Sex of Fish and the Gender of Scientists comprises an edited and updated collection of 27 of Daniel Pauly's essays, spanning a great range of exciting and sometimes controversial topics, many of them breaking new scientific ground.
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First published July 31, 1994
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November 24, 2015
This inspirational book is one of the classics of my tropical biology education.
How it came to my attention in a bookshop in Dublin is a mystery. These essays are not that widely read, but I hope have had some influence on scientists involved in both temperate and tropical biology, by inspiring them to contribute to tropical biology in a meaningful manner. This perspective that Daniel Pauly provides draws attention to the challenges of conducting biology research and integrating the results into advice that leads to sensible policy decisions in natural resource management.
I would highly recommend this book. The development of websites on the internet and biological databases on various groups of organisms has made conducting science in the tropics easier nowadays, from when Daniel Pauly reported 19 years ago when this book was published.
My attention to this book was redrawn when I saw it mentioned on the Natural History Book Service website in Devon that copies of this book are now retailing at around 200 euro. With this exhorbitant pricing, clearly the book publishers do not share Daniel Pauly's ethos of empowering, encouraging and conducting scientific enquiries on natural resource assessments with ingenuity and modest budgets.
How it came to my attention in a bookshop in Dublin is a mystery. These essays are not that widely read, but I hope have had some influence on scientists involved in both temperate and tropical biology, by inspiring them to contribute to tropical biology in a meaningful manner. This perspective that Daniel Pauly provides draws attention to the challenges of conducting biology research and integrating the results into advice that leads to sensible policy decisions in natural resource management.
I would highly recommend this book. The development of websites on the internet and biological databases on various groups of organisms has made conducting science in the tropics easier nowadays, from when Daniel Pauly reported 19 years ago when this book was published.
My attention to this book was redrawn when I saw it mentioned on the Natural History Book Service website in Devon that copies of this book are now retailing at around 200 euro. With this exhorbitant pricing, clearly the book publishers do not share Daniel Pauly's ethos of empowering, encouraging and conducting scientific enquiries on natural resource assessments with ingenuity and modest budgets.
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