1. Scientists at sea : expeditions and seaside stations -- 2. Fishing for ideas : approaches to marine biology and fisheries science to 1914 -- 3. The Canadian fisheries expedition, 1914-1915 -- 4. Ottawa, 1919 : bureaucrats versus the biological board -- 5. Rescuing Canada's sinking Atlantic fishing industry, 1924-1939 -- 6. Huxley's red herring -- 7. An envrionmental assessment : the International Passamaquoddy Fisheries Commission, 1931-1933 -- 8. Ebb tide at the Atlantic biological station -- Epilogue : balancing the scales
Summary
An original and timely work, A Science on the Scales shines a light on a heretofore-neglected aspect of Canada's science history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-328) and index
