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100 1  Rigney, Matt. 
245 10 In pursuit of giants :|bone man's global search for the 
       last of the great fish /|cMatt Rigney. 
264  1 New York :|bViking,|c2012. 
300    336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations,
       maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-324) and 
       index. 
505 0  book 1. Discovery. In the kingdom of the sapphire waters :
       Cabo San Lucas, Mexico ; The harpooner's last stand : the 
       northeast peak of Georges Bank -- book 2. Destruction. 
       Introduction : annihilation of a fish ; Whirlwind. Tokyo 
       and Oma, Japan. Port Lincoln, South Australia ; The 
       Warrior in Malta : Greenpeace and the battle in the 
       Mediterranean -- book 3. The primal world. Introduction : 
       in pursuit of giants ; Granders in the Coral Sea : Lizard 
       Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia ; The last voyage of
       Primetime : two hundred miles off the coast of New 
       Zealand. 
520    Presents an account of an offshore tracking adventure 
       while calling for the preservation of the world's great 
       fish, describing encounters with such threatened species 
       as giant marlin, swordfish, and bluefin tuna. 
650  0 Marine fishes|xConservation. 
650  0 Marine fishes|xEcology. 
650  0 Rare fishes|xConservation. 
650  0 Fish populations|xResearch. 
650  0 Endangered species|xResearch. 
650  0 Wildlife conservation. 
650  0 Fishing|xHistory. 
650  0 Fisheries|xHistory. 
994    92|bCKE