'Pollution and the protection of inland fisheries in interwar Britain' in M Shortland (ed), Science and Nature. Essays in the history of the environmental sciences
Details:
- Author(s) Sheail, John
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1993
- Pages pp41-56
- Publisher British Society for the History of Science
Topics:
- Name Environmental issues
- Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with how government perceived and tackled the problems of river pollution in the 1920s - 'it will look in turn at the methods adopted to secure improvements of the watercourses, and thereby fisheries, through a combination of legislation and appeals for the collaboration of industry'. Has sections: 'Background'; 'The Salmon & Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1923'; 'The voluntary approach'; 'Survey, monitoring and research'; 'The concept of a central authority'; 'A water pollution research board'