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The Plundered Seas: Can the World's Fish Be Saved? |  | Author: Michael Berrill
Creator: David Suzuki
Publisher: Sierra Club Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 3483111
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0871569450
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.95616
EAN: 9780871569455
ASIN: 0871569450
Publication Date: September 1997
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Biologist Michael Berrill thinks that overfishing will turn the oceans into the most important frontier of environmentalism in the 21st century. "We are obviously close to, and probably exceeding, the maximum global catch that is possible to sustain," he writes, showing that the total weight of the annual fish catch has quadrupled since 1950. The Plundered Seas occasionally veers toward the technocratic, with its descriptions of New Zealand fishing laws and the like, but it rarely dwells on such subjects for too long. The Plundered Seas is written for general readers who won't be put off by a bit of detail, and includes a few sly observations: "If there ever were a fish destined for extermination by humans, it must be salmon, for it tastes too good, it looks too good, and it swims right into the hands, or nets, of inshore and upriver fishers."
Product Description
Many environmentalists believe that the world's over-exploited and ailing oceans will soon replace tropical rain forests as the most pressing global ecological issue. With cogent analysis and specific suggestions for reform, THE PLUNDERED SEAS is a timely and important contribution to the search for solutions to this important worldwide problem.
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The book gives an overall view of the major fisheries August 5, 1999
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The Plundered Seas by Machael Berrill gives an overall view of the situation of the major fisheries i the world. The book is not a scientific but journalistic work which make it easy to read. However its angel is from a sustainable biologic and economic point. with out getting into the detail of explaining the deper theoretical reasoning for these views. A good book for somebody who wants an overall view of the state of the world fishery, both as a profesionall in the industry but primarely as somebody that is not familiar with the problems that the world fishery is facing
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