Comments on: Book review – Vanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines and the Future of Global Fisheries

By: Book review – Nature’s Ghosts: The World We Lost and How to Bring It Back | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:16:18 +0000

[…] shifting baseline syndrome. Originally developed by Daniel Pauly in the context of fisheries, this has become another staple when talking about lessons from the past. Novel is the idea that, […]

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By: Book review – A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:12:28 +0000

[…] What about our lack of awareness of deep time or the (originally) fisheries science concept of shifting baseline syndrome? Arguably, both of these can be folded into the law of anthropocentrism, showing yet other facets […]

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By: Book review – Mammalian Paleoecology: Using the Past to Study the Present | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:51:14 +0000

[…] This term was originally popularized by Daniel Pauly in the context of fisheries but has since found wide application in […]

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By: Book review – The Ocean’s Whistleblower: The Remarkable Life and Work of Daniel Pauly | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:38:31 +0000

[…] with regards to the state of the natural world is impossible to unsee. I previously reviewed Vanishing Fish, a collection of Pauly’s essays that introduced this and other influential ideas – and came […]

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By: Book review – The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 12:55:14 +0000

[…] that has contributed to the continued increase in pollutions seem to be missing to me: that of shifting baselines, the idea that each generation takes the state of their environment as the new normal, leading to a […]

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By: Book review – Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:18:55 +0000

[…] to be very concerned. After a brief but powerful reminder of the very relevant phenomenon of shifting baselines, Goulson spends most of Silent Earth reviewing the many environmental insults we hurl at insects […]

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By: Book review – Ocean Worlds: The Story of Seas on Earth and other Planets | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 11:24:04 +0000

[…] consider current human impacts. With due diligence, the authors tackle the problems of overfishing, shifting baselines, trawling, litter, ocean warming, oxygen loss, and acidification, and conclude that: “there […]

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By: Book review – The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:32:48 +0000

[…] aquaculture and pet food, or questionable nutraceuticals such as omega-3-oil supplements. And where Daniel Pauly already gave me reason to be suspicious of the Marine Stewardship Council, Scales lays bare their […]

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By: Book review – The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the Anthropocene Since 1945 | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:05:53 +0000

[…] and its entry into the political arena. But also biodiversity loss, global deforestation, and overfishing. When you plot these in graphs, many of them, though not deforestation, show a clear upward […]

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By: Book review – Future Sea: How to Rescue and Protect the World’s Oceans | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:06:24 +0000

[…] coral bleaching, ghost fishing – she focuses on overfishing. She explains that vital concept of shifting baseline syndrome: the creeping form of collective amnesia that makes each generation accept a progressively more […]

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