Comment: Scientific inquiry and fish stock assessment in the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Hutchings et al. claim that non-science influences can interfere with the dissemination of scientific information and the conduct of science in the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). To substantiate their claim, they quote from a number of documents published over a 10-year period. T...

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Published in:Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences 1997-06, Vol.54 (6), p.1422-1426
Main Authors: Doubleday, William G, Atkinson, D B, Baird, J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Hutchings et al. claim that non-science influences can interfere with the dissemination of scientific information and the conduct of science in the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). To substantiate their claim, they quote from a number of documents published over a 10-year period. This comment responds to Hutchings et al. by describing the open system of peer review of stock assessments in DFO and by showing how misinterpretation and selective quotation gave a false impression of stock assessments of northern cod in the 1980s and 1990s and of the peer review process in DFO.
ISSN:0706-652X
1205-7533
DOI:10.1139/f97-244