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Author Van der Voo, Lee, author.

Title The fish market : inside the big-money battle for the ocean and your dinner plate / Lee van der Voo.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
©2016

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Location Call No. Status
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  333.956 VAN DER VOO    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  333.956 VAN DER VOO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 270 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Note "First edition, November 2016"--Verso of title page.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-260) and index.
Contents Introduction -- 1. Bering Sea : "Monsanto on the ocean" -- 2. Gulf Wild : how to make money in seafood just by watching TV -- 3. Kodiak, Alaska : a big squeeze, an ugly divorce -- 4. Gulf Wild : conservationists reboot fishing -- 5. Inside Passage, Alaska : sharecroppers of the sea -- 6. Gulf Wild : traceable catch and the restaurant menu -- 7. Port Orford, Oregon; Pacific Ocean : farmstand seafood and the left behind -- 8. Gulf Wild : Walmart, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the multimillion-dollar idea -- 9. Kake, Alaska : the new colonialism -- 10. Gulf Wild : white-collar foodies -- 11. Southern Ocean, New Zealand : what's the worst thing that could happen? -- 12. Gulf Wild : an industry retools -- 13. New Bedford, Massachusetts : foreign equity, domestic seafood -- 14. Gulf Wild : chefs, fishermen, and policy wonks descend on Capitol Hill -- 15. Chatham, Massachusetts; Nantucket Sound : history and its outlaws -- 16. Gulf Wild : tagged -- 17. North Atlantic : a rare sight, and a remedy -- Timeline of catch-share programs.
Summary Recounts the stories of the people and places behind sustainable seafood in the United States, explaining the methods that investors, equity firms, and seafood landlords have used to leverage the sustainable seafood movement.
Subject Fisheries -- Privatization -- United States.
Sustainable fisheries -- United States.
Fisheries -- Economic aspects -- United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics.
NATURE / Animals / Fish.
NATURE / Natural Resources.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fisheries & Aquaculture.
ISBN 9781250079107 hardcover
1250079101 hardcover
9781466891739 electronic book
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