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Salt in our veins — but in our brains?

Salt in our veins — but in our brains? Salt in our veins } but in our brains? P. KEITH PROBERT* Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand The oceans have been a major cultural influence throughout recorded history. ‘The annals of literature are as full of the oceans as those of painting and of music’ observed Borgese (1998). Often our very ignorance of the sea has spiced this view, adding an element of a vast, mysterious, inhospitable and unreachable realm. The spectre of Tennyson’s Kraken ‘Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea’, resonates down the centuries and finds expression still. Our perception of the natural world underlies how we approach and execute conservation. Of course there is no one viewpoint. There is a cultural dimension drawing on the wide range of natural surroundings where human societies have developed. And as societies have developed, so their view of nature and the values placed on particular habitats and organisms have changed } and will continue to change. Early conservation legislation usually aimed to protect game and other animals of direct use to humans and to set aside wild areas for human enjoyment. Our attitudes have matured in this regard towards more ecocentric views, as we http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Wiley

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN
1052-7613
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1099-0755
DOI
10.1002/aqc.783
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Abstract

Salt in our veins } but in our brains? P. KEITH PROBERT* Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand The oceans have been a major cultural influence throughout recorded history. ‘The annals of literature are as full of the oceans as those of painting and of music’ observed Borgese (1998). Often our very ignorance of the sea has spiced this view, adding an element of a vast, mysterious, inhospitable and unreachable realm. The spectre of Tennyson’s Kraken ‘Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea’, resonates down the centuries and finds expression still. Our perception of the natural world underlies how we approach and execute conservation. Of course there is no one viewpoint. There is a cultural dimension drawing on the wide range of natural surroundings where human societies have developed. And as societies have developed, so their view of nature and the values placed on particular habitats and organisms have changed } and will continue to change. Early conservation legislation usually aimed to protect game and other animals of direct use to humans and to set aside wild areas for human enjoyment. Our attitudes have matured in this regard towards more ecocentric views, as we

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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater EcosystemsWiley

Published: May 1, 2006

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