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Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and the Policy Process: A Study of the Post–1945 California Sardine Depletion

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  • McEvoy, Arthur F.
  • Scheiber, Harry N.

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The California Marine Research Committee was established by the state legislature in 1947 in response to the catastrophic failure of the Pacific Coast sardine fishery. Scientists, state and federal resource-managment officials, and industry leaders put aside long–standing differences of viewpoint to launch a uniquely comprehensive, multidisciplinary research effort. This paper, based on newly opened archival materials, analyzes the founding and early work of the agency. How a stalemate occurred that delayed a consensus on policy recommendations and had the practical effect of continuing virtually unregulated sardine fishing is explained. The article illustrates the institutional development of post–war “Big Science†as a major actor in the policy process and analyzes the mobilization of public agencies to cope with complex environmental issues in resource–extractive industries.

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  • McEvoy, Arthur F. & Scheiber, Harry N., 1984. "Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and the Policy Process: A Study of the Post–1945 California Sardine Depletion," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 44(2), pages 393-406, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:44:y:1984:i:02:p:393-406_03
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