Scientific models of resource management underpin laws and regulations designed to protect animal and plant species by restricting potentially harmful human activities. The relationship between science and policy problematizes the scientific models on which regulations are based, making them the focal point for political controversies. This article studies the reconstruction and mobilization of research science by Texas oyster fishers to fight regulations which they perceive as harmful to their livelihoods.
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