Seizing a species : the story of the Great Salt Lake brine shrimp harvest
Thesis: S.M. in Science Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities, Graduate Program in Science Writing, 2014.
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| author | Wotipka, Samuel Alex |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/926362022-02-07T15:53:48Z Seizing a species : the story of the Great Salt Lake brine shrimp harvest Story of the Great Salt Lake brine shrimp harvest Wotipka, Samuel Alex Philip Hilts. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing MIT Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies Graduate Program in Science Writing. Thesis: S.M. in Science Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities, Graduate Program in Science Writing, 2014. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-26). In the early 1950s, C.C. "Sparkplug" Sanders began harvesting brine shrimp from Utah's Great Salt Lake. Sanders built up a small business selling their eggs, called "cysts, to aquarium stores across the country. During the 80s, cysts were found to be an effective food source for aquaculture and a multimillion-dollar commercial harvesting industry quickly emerged. As the cysts rose in value, competition between harvesters grew fierce and annual catches soon began to drop. Environmentalists also became concerned, as the shrimp are an important food source for millions of migratory birds. The harvest was almost entirely unregulated during this period. Unlike other fisheries, where industry members have fought government intervention, many of the harvesters called on the state to increase oversight. Scientists hired by Utah's natural resource agency found that no comprehensive studies had ever been conducted on the lake's ecosystem, complicating initial efforts to manage the harvest. A twenty-year effort by the state, harvesters and other stakeholders to develop a science-based management strategy has recently begun to pay off as cyst populations appear to be stabilizing and the harvesting industry has once again become profitable. by Samuel Alex Wotipka. S.M. in Science Writing 2015-01-05T20:00:32Z 2015-01-05T20:00:32Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92636 897735828 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 26 pages application/pdf n-us-ut Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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