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The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail

W. Jeffrey Bolster

Did overfishing begin with modern trawlers, or much earlier with simple wooden boats, and what does that mean for the sea today?

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Author
W. Jeffrey Bolster

Why read it

  • You will see that overfishing is an old problem, not only a modern one
  • You will learn that fishermen warned of taking too much generations ago, and what became of those warnings
  • You will think differently about how new fishing technology strips defences from sea life

Who it is for

  • Someone who cares about oceans and seafood choices
  • A reader of environmental history who wants long time scales
  • A policymaker or student of resource management

Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. Prologue: The Historic Ocean
  3. 1. Depleted European Seas and the Discovery of America
  4. 2. Plucking the Low-Hanging Fruit
  5. 3. The Sea Serpent and the Mackerel Jig
  6. 4. Making the Case for Caution
  7. 5. Waves in a Troubled Sea
  8. 6. An Avalanche of Cheap Fish
  9. Epilogue: Changes in the Sea
  10. Appendix: Figures

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