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Fisheries Stock Assessment: an inductive science with the Logical form of Primitive Magic
(2010-01-20)Abstract. A logical analysis of the common fisheries models used in stock assessment has shown that they produce specific predictions with the logical form of existential statements, fail Karl Popper’s falsifiability ... -
Can we stop the lobster going the way of the cod?
(labeled ‘A brief submitted in 2006 to the Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (FRCC)’, 2006)This report is a response to the Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (FRCC)’s request for opinion on how to reduce risk and address problems in Atlantic Canada’s lobster fishery. See www.frcc-ccrh.ca for further details ... -
Karl Popper’s organon and the world’s fisheries: fish stock assessment as a pseudoscience, an inductivism that can bear no fruit
(2006)Recent long term historical studies of commercial fisheries have pointed to a well established pattern of overfishing. Under the principle of transference – what is true in logic is true in psychology and scientific method ... -
Why an ecosystem approach is the wrong paradigm for the next stage of fisheries management
(2006-09-13)Scientists from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) manage groundfish stocks by collecting biomass measurements that are used to provide scientific advice on catch limits. Clearly, if the data is uncertain or ... -
Scientific parameterization and its validation: comparing the universal models of fisheries economics with the invalid modeling of stock assessment
(2008-09-22)Here I compare the valid parameterization of fisheries economics with the data-fitted parameters of a stock assessment’s modeling, invalid models whose predictions cannot be falsified (which is another way of saying ... -
Proceedings of the Bioregional Farmer/Scientist Workshop in Organic Agriculture (Maine & Maritime Provinces), 1988•
(Organic Crop Improvement Association of New Brunswick & Dalhousie University, 1991-06-15)Proceedings of a workshop -
Salt marshes in Nova Scotia: a status report of the Saltmarsh Working Group
(Institute of Resource and Environmental Studies and Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, 1981-06-01)There are approximately 80,000 acres of salt marsh land in Nova Scotia of which approximately 43,000 acres have been dyked for agricultural use. Salt marsh lands have served as major producers of food in estuarine regions. ... -
Observations on a mixed farm during the transition to biological husbandry
(2011-01-19)Tunwath is a mixed farm (laying hens-grains) located in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, in a cool humid temperate zone. It includes about 2100 laying hens, 35 hectares of field crops and additional garden, pasture, hay ... -
On-farm measurements of pH, electrical conductivity and nitrate in soil extracts for monitoring coupling and decoupling of nutrient cycles
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MAP Matters - The Newsletter of Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University featuring the graduating MMM class of 2007 and the MMM 2008 incoming class
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MAP Matters - The Newsletter of Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University featuring the PROGOVNET Project
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MAP Matters - The Newsletter of Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University featuring the internships of the 2008 MMM class
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MAP Matters - The Newsletter of Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University featuring the graduating MMM class of 2008 and the MMM 2009 incoming class
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MAP Matters - The Newsletter of Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University featuring news from the MAP IYIP interns
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MAP Matters - The Newsletter of Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University featuring the internships and graduate projects of the 2009 MMM class
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MAP Matters - The Newsletter of Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University featuring the graduating MMM class of 2009 and the MMM 2010 incoming class
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MAP Matters - The Newsletter of Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University featuring the internships and graduate projects of the MMM 2010 class
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MAP Matters - The Newsletter of Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University featuring the graduating MMM class of 2010 and the MMM 2011 incoming class
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Understanding the 1999 Georges Bank Moratorium Decision. Volume 1, Issue 1
(Marine Affairs Program, 2008-02-01)
