Power and Restructuring Canada's Coastal Society and Environment (Social and Economic Papers) by Peter R. Sinclair, RosemaryOmmer Paperback, 334 Pages, Published 2006 by Iser Books ISBN-13: 978-1-894725-04-0, ISBN: 1-894725-04-2
"This is a book about power in small places, its perceptions and realities; where these conflict and where they come together. Based on research conducted on Canada's Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the chapters analyze the interaction of people and environment in coastal settings, the way power operates now, and how it has operated in the past. The book covers a wide range of natural resource issues and people's responses to change. It ins ..."
Working men who got wet(1st Edition) Proceedings of the fourth conference of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project, July 24-July 26, 1980 by RosemaryOmmer, Gerald Panting Paperback, 387 Pages, Published 1980 by Maritime History Group, Memorial University Of Newfoundland ISBN-13: 978-0-88901-070-3, ISBN: 0-88901-070-6
"This exciting new book grew out of an international symposium held at FAO, Rome in July 2008, but it is not just a collection of papers from that symposium. Rather, the publication brings together work on social–ecological marine research that cuts across disciplines, identifies key common elements and approaches that promote resilience of marine social–ecological systems in the face of global changes, and points to next steps. The boo ..."
Coasts Under Stress Policy Reflections by RosemaryOmmer Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2006 by Iser ISBN-13: 978-1-894725-05-7, ISBN: 1-894725-05-0
"Interdisciplinarity is the hallmark of .Fishing Places, Fishing People.. It proposes a radically different way of thinking about our current fishery problems and lays the groundwork for an alternative management approach to the fisheries. Comprised of entirely new material, the collection brings together the work of many highly-regarded scholars - historians, biologists, sociologists, anthropologists, consultants, geographers, and eco ..."
Volumes not values Canadian sailing ships and world trades : proceedings of the third conference of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project, April 19-April 21, 1979 by David Alexander, RosemaryOmmer Paperback, 373 Pages, Published 1979 by Maritime History Group, Memorial University Of Newfoundland ISBN-13: 978-0-88901-037-6, ISBN: 0-88901-037-4
"This exciting new book grew out of an international symposium held at FAO, Rome in July 2008, but it is not just a collection of papers from that symposium. Rather, the publication brings together work on social-ecological marine research that cuts across disciplines, identifies key common elements and approaches that promote resilience of marine social-ecological systems in the face of global changes, and points to next steps.The book ..."
"Journal of Climate 19, 5009–5030. Longhurst, AR (1998) Ecological Geography of
the Sea. Academic Press, San Diego. Longhurst, AR, Sathyendranath, S., Platt,
..."
"Nicolson, C. R., Starfield, A. M., Kofinas, G. P. et al. (2002) Ten heuristics for
interdisciplinary modeling projects. Ecosystems 5, 376-384. Ommer, R. E. (2007)
Coasts under Stress: Restructuring and SocialEcological Health. McGill-Queen's
University Press, Montreal QC. Paterson, B., Jarre, A., Moloney, C. L. et al. (2007)
A fuzzy-logic tool for multicriteria decision-making in the Southern Benguela: the
case of the South African ..."
Coasts Under Stress Restructuring and Social-Ecological Health by Rosemary E. Ommer, Coasts Under Stress Hardcover, 592 Pages, Published 2007 by Mcgill-Queens University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7735-3203-8, ISBN: 0-7735-3203-X
"While coasts are often places of unsurpassed beauty, many coastal communities suffer from poverty, unemployment, health risks, and the effects of environmental degradation. Coasts Under Stress is a unique inter-disciplinary exploration of the complex interplay of economy, culture, environment, and health in the coastal communities of eastern and western Canada. Rosemary Ommer and her project team combine formal scientific (natural and s ..."
Coasts Under Stress Restructuring and Social-Ecological Health by Rosemary E. Ommer Paperback, 592 Pages, Published 2007 by Mcgill-Queens University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7735-3225-0, ISBN: 0-7735-3225-0
"While coasts are often places of unsurpassed beauty, many coastal communities suffer from poverty, unemployment, health risks, and the effects of environmental degradation. "Coasts Under Stress" is a unique inter-disciplinary exploration of the complex interplay of economy, culture, environment, and health in the coastal communities of eastern and western Canada. Rosemary Ommer and her project team combine formal scientific (natural and ..."
"Today in Canada, the fish stocks of both the east and west coasts are in serious trouble. The once-great cod stocks have collapsed; the Fraser River salmon stocks seem to have done likewise. Coastal communities are in crisis. The majority of the great world fisheries are seriously over-exploited, and some bodies of water are effectively dead. The problem has to lie with the manner in which we run our fisheries. The issue is ethical as w ..."
From Outpost to Outport(1st Edition) A Structural Analysis of the Jersey-Gaspé Cod Fishery, 1767-1886 by Rosemary E. Ommer Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 1990 by Carleton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7735-0730-2, ISBN: 0-7735-0730-2
"Using the extensive papers of the firm Charles Robin and Company of Jersey and Paspebiac, and the records of the Jersey mercantile establishment, Rosemary Ommer presents a detailed case study of commodity trade, uncovering the development, function, and strengths and weaknesses of all aspects of the fishery. Her analysis clearly reveals a functional three-point trading system: production in Gaspé, management in Jersey, and markets in t ..."
"This exciting new book grew out of an international symposium held at FAO, Rome in July 2008, but it is not just a collection of papers from that symposium. Rather, the publication brings together work on social-ecological marine research that cuts across disciplines, identifies key common elements and approaches that promote resilience of marine social-ecological systems in the face of global changes, and points to next steps. T ..."
Fishing Places, Fishing People(1st Edition) Traditions and Issues in Canadian Small-Scale Fisheries by Rosemary E. Ommer, Dianne Newell Paperback, 412 Pages, Published 1999 by University Of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division ISBN-13: 978-0-8020-7959-6, ISBN: 0-8020-7959-8
"Interdisciplinarity is the hallmark of Fishing Places, Fishing People. It proposes a radically different way of thinking about our current fishery problems and lays the groundwork for an alternative management approach to the fisheries. Comprised of entirely new material, the collection brings together the work of many highly-regarded scholars - historians, biologists, sociologists, anthropologists, consultants, geographers, and ecolo ..."
The resilient outport Ecology, economy, and society in rural Newfoundland (Social and economic papers) by Rosemary . Ommer Paperback, 358 Pages, Published 2002 by Institute Of Social And Economic Research ISBN-13: 978-0-919666-83-2, ISBN: 0-919666-83-3
"At Memorial University an interdisciplinary team of social, natural, health, and education scientists studied the sustainability of cold-ocean coastal communities, centering on Newfoundland's Bonavista Peninsula and the Isthmus of the Avalon Peninsula. Research began in 1994 to uncover what had precipitated the collapse of the groundfish stocks in the northwest Atlantic. An exploration of the past failures and strengths of rural Newfoun ..."
Coasts under Stress Restructuring and Social-Ecological Health by Rosemary E. Ommer 592 Pages, Published 2007 by Mcgill-Queen's Press - Mqup ISBN-13: 978-0-7735-7601-8, ISBN: 0-7735-7601-0
"T.J. Pitcher, 116–24. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 12(1). – 2004b. “
Estimating the Effects of Prey-Predator Vulnerability Settings on Ecosim's
Dynamic Function.” In Back to the Future: Advances in Methodology for Modelling
and Evaluating Past Ecosystems as Future Policy Goals, ed. T.J. Pitcher, 45–7.
Fisheries Centre Research Reports 12(1). Ainsworth, C., and T.J. Pitcher.
Forthcoming. “Back-to-the-Future in Northern British C ..."