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James Acheson

James M. Acheson was Professor of Anthropology and Marine Sciences at the University of Maine. He was the author of The Lobster Gangs of Maine (UPNE 1988), one of the first popular studies of the lobster industry.

James Acheson’s detailed account of lobstering in Maine quickly dispels notions that the lobstermen is the eastern version of the cowboy, struggling...
One of the most pressing concerns of environmentalists and policy makers is the overexploitation of natural resources. Efforts to regulate such resources...
James Acheson