Stellwagen : the making and unmaking of a national marine sanctuary /
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Author / Creator: | Borrelli, Peter. |
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Imprint: | Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2009. |
Description: | xviii, 238 p., [1] leaf of plates : col. map ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Marine parks and reserves. Marine resources -- Management. Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Mass.) Atlantic Ocean -- Stellwagen Bank. Massachusetts. Massachusetts -- Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7792352 |
Summary: | The Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is located at the mouth of Massachusetts Bay, only twenty-five miles east of Boston. The area's nutrient-rich waters attract a cornucopia of sea life-which in turn supports both recreational and commercial fisheries, along with a lucrative whale-watching industry. Peter Borrelli, who served on the sanctuary's federally appointed advisory council for more than ten years, provides an insider's view of the problems of managing a chronically under-funded marine preserve that is often of two minds about its mission. This is a sobering and well-considered examination of what happens when well-intentioned legislation meets the reality of trying to protect an extremely delicate and intensely popular ecosystem. |
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Physical Description: | xviii, 238 p., [1] leaf of plates : col. map ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781584657149 (cloth : alk. paper) 1584657146 (cloth : alk. paper) |