The Great Salmon Hoax
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.67 (542 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0966195108 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 382 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Can Everyone Else Be Wrong? I started this book with an open mind, but quickly found it to be wanting in credibility. As the book developed, the author systematically went about attacking every imaginable player in the salmon crisis save for the one that just happens to have been his client in the courts for the past six years (the hydroelectric interest). I do think the author reveals some good points and I must agree that the salmon crisis is due to a myriad of factors. I truly wish I could have used the book to obtain some unbiased insights into which of th. A very biased book from a mouthpiece of industrial concerns The author is a lawyer who represented major industry in lawsuits against government agencies trying to keep salmon from going extinct. If you want industry's view of how ecosystems should be managed, read this book. It dismisses the best science available and promulgates the view that decent habitat is not necessary for salmon or other endangered species. For example, the author says that dams and reservoirs are good for fish because they don't have to work as hard to get upstream. He ignores the the scientifically proven fact that. Jason Johnson said Mistakes repeated. A great read for anyone interested in issues related to andronomous fish in the Columbia and Snake river system. The author (who is up front about his participation in the conflict) makes a very persuasive case that hatchery management and, to a greater extent, the harvest of adult salmon are the largest manageble factors decreasing salmon returns in the system. The author does a good job of analyzing and explaining scientific data, but the graphs included in the book are of low quality and difficult to interpret.I found Mr. Buchal'
He presents an insider's account of the conflict that has raged. The author, a graduate of Harvard College, Yale Law School and the Yale School of Management, spent six years researching salmon science and law while representing economic interests in salmon lawsuits.
The most basic biological facts about salmon are politicized, as fishery officials misrepresent the effects of dams on salmon to extract federal funding from the Bonneville Power Administration. Packed with hundreds of specific citations to the most recent scientific papers and reports, The Great Salmon Hoax is a valuable resource for anyone wanting to understand how salmon recovery efforts have gone awry, and how we can craft a rational, scientific program for salmon recovery that will bring significant numbers of salmon back to the Pacific Northwest.. The result? A $3 billion program focused on fine-tuning fish passage at mainstem Columbia and Snake River dams that fails to recover salmon, because there is no evidence that those dams are a limiting factor in salmon recovery. Charged by law to protect salmon, yet promote salmon harvest, fishery agencies do not even count how many Columbia Basin salmon are caught and killed for consumption, or measure the cost-effectiveness of salmon hatcheries. Fishery agency mismanagement, coupled with natural trends working against salmon, has brought Northwest salmon runs to historic lows
He presents an insider's account of the conflict that has raged. . About the Author The author, a graduate of Harvard College, Yale Law School and the Yale School of Management, spent six years researching salmon science and law while representing economic interests in salmon lawsuits