| Description |
xvii, 435 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- pt. 1. Explorers and exploiters in the age of plenty -- ch. 1. The end of innocence -- ch .2. The origins of intensive fishing -- ch. 3. Newfound lands -- ch. 4. More fish than water -- ch. 5. Plunder of the Caribbean -- ch. 6. The age of merchant adventures -- ch. 7. Whaling : the first global industry -- ch. 8. To the ends of the Earth for seals -- ch. 9. The great fisheries of Europe -- ch. 10. The first trawling revolution -- ch. 11. The dawn of industrial fishing -- pt. 2. The modern era of industrial fishing -- ch. 12. The inexhaustible sea -- ch. 13. The legacy of whaling -- ch. 14. Emptying European seas -- ch. 15. The downfall of king cod -- ch 16. Slow death of an estuary : Chesapeake Bay -- ch .17. The collapse of coral -- ch. 18. Shifting baselines -- ch .19. Ghost habitats -- ch. 20. Hunting on the high plains of the open sea -- ch. 21. Violating the last great wilderness -- pt. 3. The once and future ocean -- ch. 22. No place left to hide -- ch.23. Barbequed jellyfish or swordfish steak? -- ch. 24. Reinventing fishery management -- ch. 25. The return of abundance -- ch. 26. The future of fish -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Ocean and civilization.
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Ocean -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781597261029 cloth alkaline paper |
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1597261025 cloth alkaline paper |
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