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Title: Their Fathers' Work: Casting Nets with the World's Fishermen by William McCloskey ISBN: 007135820X Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75
Rating: 5
Summary: By Far best by william mccloskey
Comment: This was by far of the three books i have red by william mccolskey the favorite he has another book called fish decks cannot find on amazon have to let you know about that one.
unlike highliners and breakers this one is nonfiction and follows along as the author goes back to alaska and around alaska where he served in the coast guard 20 years before and now is crab fishing and goes fishing around georges bank of the coast of chile and new zeland ,indonesia,and japan.looking for fish and shellfish. it also extensively covers the wreck of the exxon valdezand the effect on the fishing industry and the enviroment.Fisherman were making more money selling back buckets of oil back to exxon.He goes to the tokyo tsukiji market which i have seen on a national geographic program. This place is huge they figure they have on any given day 330 different species for sale which come from all around the world for example They have prawns and shrimp from 64 nations the market and auction generate enough trash to fill 200 trash trucks a day.It cover alot of the political side of fishing and how the different regulations have come about to protect the fish.
You read this book it is amazing that they fish with nets miles long and never think about depleteing the resources.Also learned tha over fishing was not the only thing affecting the amount of fish being caught runoff from farms both animal and agricultural.And fish farms that apeear on the surface appear to be a good thing end up causing harm to native fish.
Rating: 5
Summary: Telling it like it is
Comment: The best book I've read dealing with the social AND political AND cultural aspects of commercial fishing. Making no excuses for the industry or the people who condemn it. His stories are compelling and enrapturing as well as extremely informative. It'll give understanding of why the worlds oceans are in the state they are in and all the players who have caused it to be where it is. Enjoy!
Rating: 3
Summary: A bit 'upity' for the subject matter.
Comment: The author knows his subject matter but gets too heavy with all the legal bs and too light on the human stories. Seems like the author couldn't decide if he wanted to write a text book or a down to earth type story.
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Title: Highliners: The Classic Novel about the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska by William McCloskey ISBN: 1585740284 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Breakers: A Novel about the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska by William McCloskey ISBN: 1585740845 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas by Spike Walker ISBN: 0312089244 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Against the Tide: The Fate of the New England Fisherman by Richard Adams Carey, Harry Foster ISBN: 0395765307 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island by Linda Greenlaw ISBN: 0786866772 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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