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Author:

Roberts, Callum.

Title:

The unnatural history of the sea / Callum Roberts.

Edition:

1st paperback ed.

Publisher:

Island Press/Shearwater Books,

Copyright Date:

2008, c2007

Description:

xvii, 435 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Ocean and civilization.
Ocean--History.
Fisheries--History.
Whaling--History.
Marine resources conservation.
Marine ecology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-421) and index.

Contents:

ch. 26. The future of fish. ch. 1. The end of innocence -- ch .2. The origins of intensive fishing -- ch. 3. Newfound lands -- ch. 4. More fish than water -- ch. 5. Plunder of the Caribbean -- ch. 6. The age of merchant adventures -- ch. 7. Whaling : the first global industry -- ch. 8. To the ends of the Earth for seals -- ch. 9. The great fisheries of Europe -- ch. 10. The first trawling revolution -- ch. 11. The dawn of industrial fishing -- pt. 2. The modern era of industrial fishing -- ch. 12. The inexhaustible sea -- ch. 13. The legacy of whaling -- ch. 14. Emptying European seas -- ch. 15. The downfall of king cod -- ch 16. Slow death of an estuary : Chesapeake Bay -- ch .17. The collapse of coral -- ch. 18. Shifting baselines -- ch .19. Ghost habitats -- ch. 20. Hunting on the high plains of the open sea -- ch. 21. Violating the last great wilderness -- pt. 3. The once and future ocean -- ch. 22. No place left to hide -- ch.23. Barbequed jellyfish or swordfish steak? -- ch. 24. Reinventing fishery management -- ch. 25. The return of abundance -- ch. 26. The future of fish.

ISBN:

1597265772
9781597265775

OCLC:

(OCoLC)276819004

LCCN:

2007001841

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)