| Edition |
Paperback edition. |
| Description |
365 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
"In a prizewinning five-year investigation, authors Simen Sætre and Kjetil Østli took an in-depth look at Norway's role in the global salmon industry and, for the first time, produced a comprehensive evaluation of the detrimental effects of salmon farming. From lice to escapees, from concentrating the waste of sea pens in the fjords through which wild salmon swim to their natal streams to the fact that salmon farming causes a net reduction of protein reaped from the ocean, the results don't look good. Recent victories, such as the banning of net-pen fish farms in the waters of Washington State, are an indication that we are awakening to the environmental price of engineered fish. It is said that we will continue to make the same mistakes unless we understand them. The New Fish combines nature writing from Norwegian fjords, the coast of Canada, Icelandic landscapes and the far south of Chile with character-driven literary non-fiction and classic muckraking. The authors started with this question: What happens when you create a new animal and place it in the sea? This book will tell you the answer"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- The new fish comes into being -- The pioneers build an industry -- The salmon louse finds its niche -- Recounting summers by the river -- The new fish finds its color -- The new fish escapes -- The new fish is attacked by lice -- The new fish raises warnings -- The new fish gets sick -- A salmon researcher is silenced -- Big plans for the new fish -- Fixing the new fish -- A tangent leads to a monster -- A sad story about a mysterious substance -- Might the new fish be healthy after all? -- The little shrimp and a fatal poisoning -- A chief takes a stand -- We get to the heart of the matter -- A mysterious disappearance -- The story of a tragic hero -- Saving the world with the new fish -- We go to a conference about...lice -- We are fascinated by a wealthy young man -- Encountering a dreamer -- A researcher asks: How healthy is the fish? -- The new fish makes an enemy -- The new fish conquers a new land -- When you write about salmon -- We reflect on what we have learned -- We seek one last secret paradise. |
| Subject |
Salmon farming.
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Salmon farming -- Environmental aspects -- Norway.
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Salmon farming. (OCoLC)fst01737596
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Norway. (OCoLC)fst01204556
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| Added Author |
Østli, Kjetil Stensvik, 1975- author.
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Mackie, Siân, translator.
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| Added Title |
Nye fisken. English
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| ISBN |
9781952338144 (paperback) |
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195233814X (paperback) |
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