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Last Fish Tale, The The Fate of the Atlantic and our Disappearing Mark Kurlansky

Last Fish Tale, The The Fate of the Atlantic and our Disappearing By Mark Kurlansky

Last Fish Tale, The The Fate of the Atlantic and our Disappearing by Mark Kurlansky


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Summary

Explores the fate of our oceans and the decline of our most ancient coastal enterprise.

Last Fish Tale, The The Fate of the Atlantic and our Disappearing Summary

Last Fish Tale, The The Fate of the Atlantic and our Disappearing by Mark Kurlansky

Will most of the major fisheries of the world be exhausted by 2048, as has been claimed? Have the number of large fish in the ocean decreased by 90 per cent over the past 50 years, as has been asserted by a respected scientist? Are 60 per cent of the fish species studied by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation either fully exploited or depleted, as one of their reports attests? Fishing at sea, an ancient trade and a way of life that has defined coastal towns throughout history, may be coming to an end. The culture and traditions of coastal Britain and of seagoing nations everywhere are now threatened with extinction.In his most important book yet, Mark Kurlansky - the celebrated author of Cod, Salt and The Big Oyster - explores the fate of our oceans and the decline of our most ancient coastal enterprise. The Last Fish Tale sends up a timely distress flare but one which brilliantly illuminates a colourful, exuberant and poignant landscape, from Newlyn in Cornwall to Gloucester in Massachusetts - a fishing village first settled by Englishmen in the early 1600s. The result is a cultural, economic, environmental and culinary bouillabaisse - the most compelling fish tale of our time.

About Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky is the author of several bestselling non-fiction titles including Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (winner of the Glenfiddich Best Food Book Award), The Basque History of the World, Salt: A World History, 1968: The Year that Rocked the World, a short story collection The White Man in the Tree and a novel, Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue.

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GOR001822072
9780224082457
0224082450
Last Fish Tale, The The Fate of the Atlantic and our Disappearing by Mark Kurlansky
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Vintage Publishing
20080703
304
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