Reviews: Methods and Technology in Fish Biology and Fisheries published
by Kluwer Academic Publishers is a book series dedicated to the
publication of information on advanced, forward-looking methodologies,
technologies, or perspectives in fish and fisheries. This series is
especially dedicated to relevant topics addressing global, international
concern in fish and fisheries. Humans continue to challenge our
environments with new technologies and technological applications. The
dynamic creativity of our own species often tends to place the greatest
burden on our supporting ecosystems. This is especially true for aquatic
networks of creeks, lakes, rivers and ocean environments. We also
frequently use our conceptual powers to balance conflicting requirements
and demands on nature and continue to develop new approaches and tools
to provide sustainable resources as well as conserve what we hold most
dear on local and global scales. This book series will provide a window
into the developing dynamic among humans, aquatic ecosystems (both
freshwater and marine), and the organisms that inhabit aquatic
environments. There are many reasons to doubt the increasing social and
economic value technology has gained over the last two centuries.
Science and technology represent stages in human development. I agree
with Ernst Mayer when he said in Toward a New Philosophy of Biology
(1988) that "endeavors to solve all scientific problems by pure logic
and refined measurements are unproductive, if not totally irrelevant.