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Carmel Finley is a historian of science, with an interest in the construction of fisheries science in the Pacific Ocean. A former newspaper reporter, she lives in Corvallis, Or, with her husband and cat and teaches at Oregon State University. Finley completed her PhD in the history of science at the University of California, San Diego. Carmel's research is focused on the Pacific Ocean and deals with the co-construction of fisheries science, especially between Japan and the US.
RCC Research Project: Tuna and the Construction of Fisheries Science in the Pacific, 1941–1954
Read Finley's blog post about her former fellowship with the RCC: "Rachel Carson and Rosefish."
Film Interview with Carmel Finley
Selected Publications:
- All the Boats on the Ocean: How Government Subsides led to Global Overfishing, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- All the Fish in the Sea: Maximum Sustained Yield and Failure of Fisheries Management, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2011.