The end of the line : how overfishing is changing the world and what we eat
Clover, Charles
The end of the line : how overfishing is changing the world and what we eat / Charles Clover - Berkeley : University of California Press , 2008. - viii, 386 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [351-361]) and index.
Introduction: The price of fish -- Nailing the lie -- Feeding frenzy -- Robbing the poor to feed the rich -- Sea of troubles -- Mighty seaman -- The last frontier -- The inexhaustible sea? -- After the gold rush -- Law and the commons -- The slime trail -- Dining with the big fish -- Death in a can -- Problem of extinction -- Death of the cowboy -- Don't feed the fish -- A rod to beat them with -- McMeals forever -- Burning the midnight oil -- The theft of the sea -- Reclaiming the sea.
In a single human lifetime, says British journalist Clover, overfishing has inflicted a crisis on the oceans greater than any yet caused by pollution. He takes readers on a journey around the world to explore the various dimensions and controversies, and to reveal the extent of the damage inflicted in order to satisfy consumers' appetite for fish.
9780520255050
2007034034
Fisheries
SH327.5 / .C58 2008
333.95 CLO
The end of the line : how overfishing is changing the world and what we eat / Charles Clover - Berkeley : University of California Press , 2008. - viii, 386 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [351-361]) and index.
Introduction: The price of fish -- Nailing the lie -- Feeding frenzy -- Robbing the poor to feed the rich -- Sea of troubles -- Mighty seaman -- The last frontier -- The inexhaustible sea? -- After the gold rush -- Law and the commons -- The slime trail -- Dining with the big fish -- Death in a can -- Problem of extinction -- Death of the cowboy -- Don't feed the fish -- A rod to beat them with -- McMeals forever -- Burning the midnight oil -- The theft of the sea -- Reclaiming the sea.
In a single human lifetime, says British journalist Clover, overfishing has inflicted a crisis on the oceans greater than any yet caused by pollution. He takes readers on a journey around the world to explore the various dimensions and controversies, and to reveal the extent of the damage inflicted in order to satisfy consumers' appetite for fish.
9780520255050
2007034034
Fisheries
SH327.5 / .C58 2008
333.95 CLO
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