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1 online resource (xxii, 442 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Modern economic history of Southeast Asia |
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Modern economic history of Southeast Asia.
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| Contents |
List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Permissions -- Explanatory Notes -- 1 Introduction -- The marine environment -- Some basic concepts -- Sources and scope -- 2 The Fisheries of Southeast Asia in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century -- The wealth of the sea -- The products of the sea -- Methods of capture -- The impetus to catch -- Rhythms and risks -- Patterns of intensity -- Conclusions -- 3 State, Economy, and Fisheries to the 1930s -- The political and economic transformation -- Estimating the rate of increase in catches -- Two processes |
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4 Catching More with the Same Technology, 1870s to 1930s -- Gulf of Siam -- The Straits of Malacca -- The north coast of Java and Madura -- The Kangean Islands -- The Philippines -- Burma -- Reaching a limit -- 5 Technological Change and the Extension of the Frontier of Fisheries, 1890s to 1930s -- Pearling -- Trawling -- Muro ami -- Driftnetting and trolling from Singapore -- Purse seining in the Straits of Malacca -- Pole-and-line and longline fishing for tuna -- Motorizing the payang fishery in the Java Sea -- Lawagan and basnigan in the Philippines -- Explosives -- Conclusion |
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6 The Great Fish Race -- The Philippines -- Gulf of Thailand -- Peninsular Malaysia -- Indonesia -- Japanese tuna fishing -- Indonesia (continued) -- Conflict at sea -- The end of an era -- 7 The Closing of the Frontier -- The trawl ban and its aftermath -- Carving up the sea -- The continuing diaspora of Thai trawlers -- Tuna, the last great fishery -- Scouring the nooks and crannies -- The lure of Australian waters -- Farming the sea -- The closing of the frontier -- Towards a new frontier -- Notes -- Appendix 1: Nominal Marine Fish Landings in Southeast Asia by Year, 1956 to 2000 |
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Appendix 2: Nominal Marine Fish Landings and Annual Rates of Growth in Landings in Southeast Asia by Decade, 1960 to 2000 -- Appendix 3: Southeast Asia: Per Capita Fish Supply in Kilograms per Year, 1961/62 to 1996/97 -- Glossary -- Notes and Sources for Maps and Figures -- Bibliography -- Index -- The Author -- List of Tables -- 3.1 Nominal Catches of Marine, Freshwater, and Cultivated Fish in Southeast Asia, 1938 -- 5.1 Landings of Fusiliers at Singapore by Weight and as a Percentage of Total Fish Landings, 1931-38 |
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5.2 Percentage Distribution of Gross Proceeds from Sale of Fish at Public Auction in Batavia by Type of Fishery, 1935-38 -- 6.1 Number, Catch Rate, and Length of Fishing Trip of Trawlers Operating in Manila Bay, 1941-53 -- 6.2 Landings of Ponyfish -- 6.3 Catches of Commercial Fishing Vessels in Sulu -- 6.4 Percentage Distribution of Marine Catches in Thailand, 1953-59 -- 6.5 Catch Composition by Year in Kilograms per Hour of Trawling by R/V Pramong II throughout the Gulf of Thailand -- 6.6 Data on the Marine Fisheries of Indonesia, 1951-67 -- List of Figures |
| Summary |
This book is the first on the history of the marine fisheries of Southeast Asia. It takes as its central theme the movement of fisheries into new fishing grounds, particularly the diverse ecosystems that make up the seas of Southeast Asia. This process accelerated between the 1950s and 1970s in what the author calls "the great fish race". Catches soared as the population of the region grew, demand from Japan and North America for shrimps and tuna increased, and fishers adopted more efficient .. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-433) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Fisheries -- Southeast Asia -- History
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Fishery policy -- Southeast Asia -- History
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Fisheries
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Fishery policy
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Seefischerei
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Southeast Asia
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Südostasien
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
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| ISBN |
9789812305404 |
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9812305408 |
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