World without fish :
Kurlansky, Mark
World without fish : how could we let this happen? / Mark Kurlansky - New York : Workman Pub., c2011 - xxiii, 183 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm
Includes index
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
9780761156079 (alk. paper) 0761156070 (alk. paper) 9780761165941 (pbk.) 0761165940 (pbk.)
2011015516
Rare fishes--Juvenile literature
Sustainable fisheries--Juvenile literature
Overfishing--Juvenile literature
QL617.7 / .K87 2011
333.95/616 333.95
World without fish : how could we let this happen? / Mark Kurlansky - New York : Workman Pub., c2011 - xxiii, 183 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm
Includes index
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
9780761156079 (alk. paper) 0761156070 (alk. paper) 9780761165941 (pbk.) 0761165940 (pbk.)
2011015516
Rare fishes--Juvenile literature
Sustainable fisheries--Juvenile literature
Overfishing--Juvenile literature
QL617.7 / .K87 2011
333.95/616 333.95