Abstract: International audience; The over-exploitation of the oceans by industrial fishing is now a major imbalance in the relationship between man and the biosphere. To understand its historical origins, it is essential to analyse the political, economic and technical processes that gave rise to or encouraged the uncontrolled expansion of fleets and means of catching fish in the 20th century. This article analyses the key role played by the reconstruction of the French fishing fleet during and after the Second World War. We show that this reconstructio...
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