World without fish : how could we let this happen? / Mark Kurlansky

By: Kurlansky, MarkMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Workman Pub., c2011Description: xxiii, 183 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780761156079 (alk. paper); 0761156070 (alk. paper); 9780761165941 (pbk.); 0761165940 (pbk.)Subject(s): Rare fishes -- Juvenile literature | Sustainable fisheries -- Juvenile literature | Overfishing -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 333.95/616 | 333.95 LOC classification: QL617.7 | .K87 2011
Contents:
Introduction : being a brief outline of the problem -- chapter 1. Being a short exposition about what could happen and how it would happen -- chapter 2. Being the true story of how humans first began to fish and how fishing became in industry -- chapter 3. Being the sad, cautionary tale of the orange roughy -- chapter 4. Being the myth of nature's bounty and how scientists got it wrong for many years -- chapter 5. Being a concise history of the politics of fish -- chapter 6. Being an examination of why we can't simply stop fishing -- chapter 7. Being a detailed look at four possible solutions and why they alone won't work -- chapter 8. The best solution to overfishing : sustainable fishing -- chapter 9. How pollution is killing fish, too -- chapter 10. How global warming is also killing fish -- chapter 11. Time to wake up and smell the fish
Summary: Examines the threats to the survival of fish in the world's oceans, discussing the damage caused by various types of fishing equipment, the impact of politics on the regulation of fishing, and the harmful effects of overfishing, pollution, and global warming
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Introduction : being a brief outline of the problem -- chapter 1. Being a short exposition about what could happen and how it would happen -- chapter 2. Being the true story of how humans first began to fish and how fishing became in industry -- chapter 3. Being the sad, cautionary tale of the orange roughy -- chapter 4. Being the myth of nature's bounty and how scientists got it wrong for many years -- chapter 5. Being a concise history of the politics of fish -- chapter 6. Being an examination of why we can't simply stop fishing -- chapter 7. Being a detailed look at four possible solutions and why they alone won't work -- chapter 8. The best solution to overfishing : sustainable fishing -- chapter 9. How pollution is killing fish, too -- chapter 10. How global warming is also killing fish -- chapter 11. Time to wake up and smell the fish

Examines the threats to the survival of fish in the world's oceans, discussing the damage caused by various types of fishing equipment, the impact of politics on the regulation of fishing, and the harmful effects of overfishing, pollution, and global warming

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