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Author:

Franklin, H. Bruce (Howard Bruce), 1934-

Title:

The most important fish in the sea : menhaden and America / H. Bruce Franklin.

Publisher:

Island Press/Shearwater Books,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

265 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Menhaden--United States--History.
Menhaden fisheries--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-252) and index.

Contents:

ch. 9. The Index. ch. 2. The new world of fish -- The fish they came for -- The fish they found -- The fish that's different -- ch. 3. Meeting menhaden : in our world and theirs -- Face to face -- Bait -- The school -- The world of the drifters and swimmers -- Survivors? -- ch. 4. Whales, menhaden, and industrialized fishing -- Fertilizer : from Indians to industry -- How Menhaden dwarfed the whales -- Pursing the seas -- ch. 5. The death of fish and the birth of ecology -- Science wades in -- Food fish vs. factory fish -- What took the fish away? -- Political conflict and ecological consciousness -- ch. 6. At war with Menhaden -- Uncle Sam to the rescue -- War! -- ch. 7. Ecological catastrophes -- The ruins of an industry -- Extracting the liver of the Chesapeake -- The case of the sick stripers -- The case of the murdered crabs -- The case of the missing fish : shad and river herring -- The case of the dead shellfish -- The birds -- The gulf -- ch. 8. Collision courses -- Recreation or industry -- Anglers and enviros, or, a marine Yellowstone? -- Anglers to the rescue -- The ASMFC thinks the unthinkable -- On to Cockrell's Creek -- Challenges -- ch. 9. The fish of the future? -- Does omega mean the last? -- Resurrection? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

ISBN:

1597261246 (alk. paper)
9781597261241 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006035635

Locations:

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

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

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)