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What is a fish stock assessment? Is it a sound method? Can it be used to manage a commercial fishery?
(2015-09)
Under Karl Popper's non-inductive theory of method arguments are never carried from data to advice as in a fish stock assessment. That is: a distinction or 'demarcation' has to be made between (i) a Lamarckian-like inductive ...
A note on the Aristotelian origin of Popper's demarcation criterion together with its application to Atlantic Canada's fisheries
(2012-03-26)
It has not always been realised that Karl Popper's demarcation criterion, the criterion he uses to distinguish an empirical science from its 'metaphysical' complement involves an interpretation of the classical theory of ...
Water quality measurements on Williams Lake and Colpitt Lake (Halifax, N.S.) Dec 7-13, 2015 with reference to possible impacts of road salt
(Williams Lake Conservation Company, 2016-01-06)
Concerns have been expressed by the Williams Lake Conservation Company (WLCC) about possible effects of renewed salting of roads close to Williams Lake on water quality of the lake. Such salting was replaced by sand and ...
The State-Spaced Integrated assessment model for Newfoundland's 'northern cod' as a stock assessment model that fails to distinguish between normative and natural laws
(2018-02-06)
Stock assessment models for Atlantic Canada's groundfish fisheries such as Noel Cadigan's recent State-Spaced Integrated assessment model for Newfoundland's 'northern cod' involve single premised inductive arguments that ...
Landscapes of the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area: A Natural History
(Woodens River Watershed Environmental Organization, 2010-02-17)
The Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area (FBLWA) lies about 20 kilometers west of downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. It encompasses 8,626 hectares hectares of Crown land located in the centre of the Chebucto Peninsula on Nova ...
The Chebucto Peninsula: A Significant Conservation Area
(www.ourhrmalliance.ca, 2015-08-09)
The Parks and Protected Areas on the Chebucto Peninsula on Nova Scotia’s Atlantic coast and some of the features that make the whole peninsula a significant conservation area are described and illustrated with maps and photos.
Multi-aged old growth red oak stand on the Chebucto Peninsula
(2016-10-20)
A Rapid Appraisal study was conducted July 21-22, 2009 to verify existence of and characterize an old growth red oak stand on Umlah Hill southeast of Oak Hill Lake in the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness area on the Chebucto ...
Regeneration of Forest and Barrens after the Spryfield Fire
(2010-09-02)
This set of annotated photos illustrates the regeneration of vegetation over 16 months after an intense fire that swept through forest and barrens in the vicinity of Spryfield, Nova Scotia on April 30/May 1 of 2009. The ...