Salmon, Science, and Reciprocity on the Northwest Coast

@article{Johnsen2009SalmonSA,
  title={Salmon, Science, and Reciprocity on the Northwest Coast},
  author={D. Bruce Johnsen},
  journal={Natural Resources Law \& Policy eJournal},
  year={2009}
}
  • D. Johnsen
  • Published 29 December 2009
  • Environmental Science
  • Natural Resources Law & Policy eJournal
Severe depletion of many genetically distinct Pacific salmon populations has spawned a contentious debate over causation and the efficacy of proposed solutions. No doubt the precipitating factor was overharvesting of the commons beginning along the Northwest Coast around 1860. Yet, for millenia before that, a relatively dense population of Indian tribes managed salmon stocks that have since been characterized as "superabundant." This study investigates how they avoided a tragedy of the commons… 
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