Episode 14 Management of the Newfoundland Cod Collapse: April 20, 2010.
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North American environmental history is punctuated by notorious episodes of species extinctions, most notably the cases of the passenger pigeon and the bison. In both cases, humans exhausted what they believed were unlimited resources in the absence of any scientific management or regulations.
The collapse of the Newfoundland cod fishery in the 1990s stands out from these previous events because of the industry’s dependence on scientific management. This month, we speak with Professor Dean Bavington from Nipissing University about his research and the publication of his new book Managed Annihilation: An Unnatural 
History of the Newfoundland Cod Collapse.
Also, Marco Armiero, a senior researcher from the Italian National Research Council, tells us more about EMiGR, the Environment and Migration Group of Research.
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Works Cited
Sean Kheraj, Canadian History & Environment
http://seankheraj.wordpress.com
Bavington, Dean L.Y. Managed Annihilation: An Unnatural History of the Newfoundland Cod Collapse. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2010.
Crosby, Alfred. The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 1973.
Crosby, Alfred W. Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
Environment and Migration Group of Research (EMiGR)
http://migration-environment.webnode.com/
Music Credits
“Test Drive” by Zapac
“Kids” by Pitx
“Baby Me” by Glenn Miller
