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Calderon-Aguilera points at the environmental implications of the fisheries sector’s performance in North America, discussing the current context and the way forward. He examines current perspectives on transboundary fisheries and market rules, focusing on geoduck fishery from Canada to Mexico. He also considers environmental aspects with long-term variations like the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, midterm variations like El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), as well as seasonal variations. This chapter also explores climate change effects on fisheries, collaborative research between the three countries, and includes an assessment about whether the dolphin–tuna fishery and the US embargo to Mexico has been related to environmental concerns or commercial interests.
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Calderon-Aguilera, L.E. (2018). Fisheries: Interaction with—or Exploitation of—Nature?. In: Sosa-Nunez, G. (eds) Widening the Scope of Environmental Policies in North America . Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56236-0_7
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